Airports Commission

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when his Department will announce the (a) remit and (b) members of the Davies Commission on Aviation.

Simon Burns: The terms of reference for the Airports Commission, which includes the timetable it will follow and the broad scope of the interim and final reports, and the members of the Commission were set out in the Secretary of State for Transport's written ministerial statement of 2 November 2012, Official Report, columns 28-30WS. This is available at:
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmhansrd/cm121102/wmstext/121102m0001.htm#12110251000012

West Coast Railway Line

David Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the adequacy of arrangements made by train operating companies for travel on the West Coast Mainline over the Christmas period in 2012.

Norman Baker: The Department is aware that major engineering works are planned over the Christmas and new year period at Bletchley and other locations on the west coast main line. It is the responsibility of Network Rail, working with the train operators, to manage these works so as to minimise any disruption to passengers, and so far as practicable to secure the provision of alternative services. The planned changes in services have been publicised well in advance to enable travellers to make alternative arrangements if necessary.

Vanguard Class Submarine

Henry Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the main gate decision on the successor to the Vanguard class submarines will be made in 2016.

Philip Hammond: As I reaffirmed in the House on 18 June 2012, Official Report, columns 611-17, the Main Gate decision for the successor to the Vanguard Class Submarines will be taken in 2016.

2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

David Nuttall: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on the Government's proposals to disband the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

Andrew Robathan: The recent Back Bench Business Committee debate provided hon. Members with the opportunity to voice their opinions on this issue and some continue to do so. While such debate is understandable and is, no doubt, prompted by the best of intentions, it only serves to increase the uncertainty for serving members of the Regiment.
	We are implementing Army 2020 as announced in July and, while the loss of any battalion is regretted, I am assured that the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers accept the Army Board decision on this matter and are now working towards a successful merger of the two battalions.

Military Medals Review

Jason McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he has given to the findings of the first phase of the Sir John Holmes Medal Review into the National Defence Medal.

Nick Hurd: I have been asked to reply 
	on behalf of the Cabinet Office.
	I refer my hon. Friend to the answers I gave on 13 November 2012, Official Report, column 214W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Nicola Blackwood) and the hon. Member for Bolton West (Julie Hilling).
	Sir John Holmes has made good progress on the further work he was invited to undertake further work on the Military Medals Review and this work is being completed in stages. There is not however a finite number of phases of work; Sir John will decide how best to proceed and manage the work.

Council Housing: Veterans

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many ex-servicemen have (a) made claims for priority housing citing vulnerability caused by service in the armed forces and (b) had such claims accepted in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mark Prisk: My Department does not collect information on the numbers of homelessness applications made to local authorities. It does, however, collect figures on the numbers of households accepted as homeless, including some limited information relating to ex-service personnel. In particular, quarterly P1E returns submitted by local authorities show that:
	(i) During the last three financial years, the number of households identified as being within the priority need category of having served in HM forces are as follows:
	2009-10—30 households of a total 40,020 acceptances
	2010-11—30 households of a total 44,160 acceptances
	2011-12—30 households of a total 50,290 acceptances
	(ii) During the last three financial years the number of households accepted for which 'leaving HM forces' was identified as the main reason for the loss of last settled home were as follows:
	2009-10—120 households of a total 40,020 acceptances
	2010-11—150 households of a total 44,160 acceptances
	2011-12—180 households of a total 50,290 acceptances
	Note:
	1. Figures from section (i) above cannot be added to those from section (ii) because they are the results of breaking down the same total number of homelessness acceptances in two different ways
	2. The above figures are for England only. Homelessness in Wales is a devolved matter.
	These are likely to represent only some of the households accepted as homeless that include ex-service personnel. Other such households are likely to have been included—without being separately counted—elsewhere on PIE returns, within some of the other existing priority need categories (eg old age, mental illness); and under some of the other main reasons for the loss of the last settled home (eg where the ex-service personnel were not in HM forces immediately before being accepted as homeless).
	We secured an additional £70 million last year to help, local agencies prevent and tackle homelessness. This includes the £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund to support the national roll out of No Second Night Out, tackle rough sleeping and protect vital front line services and the £20 million Single Homelessness Prevention Fund to help ensure single homeless people get access to good housing advice.
	This is on top of the £400 million we are investing for homelessness prevention over four years (2011-12 to 2014-15) which includes £10.8 million to help single people access private rented sector accommodation.
	The Ministerial Working Group on Homelessness published its second report “Making Every Contact Count” in August which focuses on preventing homelessness and includes people leaving the armed forces. A copy of the report can be obtained at:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-every-contact-count-a-joint-approach-to-preventing-homelessness
	We are determined to ensure that current and former members of the armed forces gain the housing they deserve, recognising the sacrifices they have made for the country. We have, therefore, introduced measures to place members of the armed forces at the top of the priority list for home ownership schemes, including FirstBuy.
	We are also changing the law by regulation so that former personnel with urgent housing needs are always given ‘additional preference’ (high priority) for social housing; and councils are prevented from applying local connection requirements to disqualify members of the armed forces and those within five years of leaving the services. Following consultation, we are also extending these regulations to bereaved spouses and seriously injured reservists. The qualification regulations came into force on 24 August; the additional preference regulations were laid before Parliament on 18 October and, if approved, will come into force by the end of November.
	We published the final new statutory social allocations guidance on 29 June following consultation, setting out how councils' allocation schemes can give priority to all service personnel, including through the use of local preference criteria and local lettings policies.

First Time Buyers

Steve Rotheram: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the average deposit needed for a first-time house buyer in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England.

Mark Prisk: The Department does not produce estimates of the average deposit needed for first time buyers in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England.
	However, I can refer the hon. Member to the Council of Mortgage Lenders who estimated in September 2012 that the average deposit for a first-time buyer in the UK is 20% of the sale price of the property.
	The Government's NewBuy scheme aims to help homebuyers who only have access to a 5% deposit.

Freedom of Information

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy that local authorities should either refuse or levy a charge on applications under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which seek to extract information on planning and other matters for commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement.

Brandon Lewis: Local authorities are public bodies in their own right under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the Department does not interfere with local authorities carrying out their obligations under this legislation. The legislation is 'requester-blind', and there are no plans to change this. It would therefore not be appropriate or practical to charge some requesters and not others.
	The Freedom of Information Act already contains a suitable charging routine and local authorities must abide by this. The recent scrutiny of the Act by the Justice Select Committee considered the charging regime in some detail, and did not recommend any changes. In particular it recommended maintaining the principle of requester blindness and that public authorities should not be given the power to charge some requesters and not others.
	Ministers have previously received representations from local authorities asking for powers to introduce new charges for freedom of information requests; we have rejected such an approach. If town halls want to reduce the amount they spend on responding to freedom of information requests, they should consider making the information freely available in the first place.
	Indeed, this Government's Open Data agenda seeks to open up public sector information rather than restrict it. The local government transparency code issued by my Department calls for councils to publish a wide range of data in an open and standardised format, for re-use and re-publication by anyone: from individuals, to voluntary sector to commercial organisations. Open and standardised formats allow creative use of data. For example, OpenlyLocal is seeking to build an open national database of planning applications.

Homelessness: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people who are not UK citizens have presented themselves as being statutorily homeless under the terms of the Housing Act 1996 in Peterborough city council area in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Prisk: The available information is given in the following table:
	
		
			 Decisions on non-UK homelessness applicants: Peterborough city council 
			  Number 
			 2005 (Q2 to Q4)(1) 6 
			 2006 8 
			 2007 19 
			 2008 35 
			 2009 (Q2 to Q4)(2) 78 
			 2010 147 
			 2011 214 
			 2012 (Q1and Q2) 105 
			 (1) Data were not collected before Q2 2005. (2) Figures were not reported for Q1 2009. Source: Quarterly P1E returns 
		
	
	We secured an additional £70 million last year to help local agencies prevent and
	This is on top of the £400 million we are investing for homelessness prevention over four years (2011-12 to 2014-15).
	More broadly, I also refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 6 November 2012, Official Report, columns 543-44W, on housing and immigration.

Land: Public Sector

Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether e-Pims is being used to monitor and report on the accelerated release of public sector land for housing; and whether the database is up to date.

Mark Prisk: holding answer 26 November 2012
	e-PIMS (Electronic Property Information Mapping Service), now incorporates the Register of Surplus Public Sector Land that identifies land held by central Government and its agencies that is surplus to operational requirements.
	Treasury guidance set out in ‘Managing Public Money’ makes it a requirement for all central Government bodies and their agencies to place details of their surplus sites on the register. The register provides a single reference point for all participating public sector bodies and provides a snapshot of the current available national supply of surplus land. e-PIMS is an integral part of the monitoring and reporting framework; however, not all land included in the accelerated programme for public sector land release is on e-PIMS because not all public bodies are mandated to do this. To remedy this we have previously resolved that Departments should record all their land holdings on e-PIMS by 31 March 2013.
	Any Department wishing to dispose of surplus land is required to place that land on the register for a period of 40 working days before the land is marketed. This 40-day period allows Departments to express an interest in new uses for declared surplus sites before the sites go on the open market. An extract of e-PIMS data is made available on a quarterly basis at:
	http://data.gov.uk/dataset/epims
	The most up to date information is on the July 2012 issue of the register.

Land: Public Sector

Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) expressions of interest and (b) formal bids have been received under (i) community right to bid and (ii) community right to reclaim land in England.

Mark Prisk: holding answer 26 November 2012
	The community right to bid provisions came into force on 21 September 2012. An expression of interest or bid can only be made once an asset owner has indicated his desire to sell. It is unlikely at this early stage of implementation that an asset would have reached this point of the process.
	The community right to reclaim land allows anyone to contact local authorities or other listed public sector bodies about land that they own which they see as underused or vacant. Where public landowners take no action a request can be made to Government to exercise its powers under the 1980 Planning, Local Government and Land Act. The process by which this is done is through a Public Request to Order Disposal which allows anyone to request that a specific area of publicly-owned land is brought back into effective use.
	Since the announcement of the community right to reclaim land in October 2011, 14 requests have been received for the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to direct disposal under the 1980 Act.

Non-domestic Rates: Empty Property

Clive Betts: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost of exempting all empty properties from business rates for the first (a) six and (b) 12 months after they become empty.

Brandon Lewis: It is estimated that exempting all empty properties from business rates for the first six months after they become empty would cost between £1,040 million and £1,300 million.
	No estimate has been made of the cost of exempting all empty properties from business rates for the first 12 months after they become empty.
	All industrial properties are exempt from business rates, for the first six months they are empty. All non-industrial properties are exempt from business rates for the first three months they are empty. Any property with a rateable value of £2,600 or less is exempt from business rates for as long as it is empty. More broadly on the issue of empty property rate relief, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 8 February 2011, Official Report, column 178W.

Regeneration: Morecambe

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) his Department or (b) the Housing and Communities Agency has been contacted in the last four weeks by Lancaster city council on the redevelopment of the West End of Morecambe; and whether he will place copies of any such correspondence in the Library.

Mark Prisk: holding answer 26 November 2012
	Lancaster city council submitted a bid form to the Department of Communities and Local Government for the Clusters of Empty Homes Funding outlining its commitment to match funding for the scheme. A copy of the application was placed in the Library of the House.
	The Homes and Community Agency have had no written communication with Lancaster city council about Morecambe West End in the last four weeks.
	The Homes and Communities Agency is, however, having ongoing discussions with Lancaster city council about Morecambe West End, the most recent meeting was on 22 November 2012.

Regional Planning and Development

Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential cost to local authorities and local enterprise partnerships of the formation of bids to wave 2 of the City Deal.

Mark Prisk: There is no bidding process for local authorities and local enterprise partnerships for wave 2 city deals. 20 cities have been invited to develop proposals for a city deal working with their local enterprise partnerships and those proposals which will deliver strong local growth will be taken forward.

Temporary Accommodation: Children

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many children he estimates are living in hostels and bed and breakfast facilities.

Mark Prisk: According to returns from English local authorities, 3,670 children were living in hostels (including women's refuges) and 2,990 children were living in bed and breakfast accommodation as at 30 June 2012.
	Statistical releases on Statutory Homelessness are available both in the Library of the House and via the DCLG website:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/homelessness-statistics#publications
	We, of course, have serious concerns about the numbers of families with children living in bed and breakfast accommodation for long periods. Legislation remains in place that prohibits the use of bed and breakfast accommodation for families with children unless in an emergency, and then for no more than six weeks. We look to local authorities to do more to avoid this and included this as one of the 10 challenges we set local government in the recent Ministerial Working Group Report on Homelessness.
	In addition, I will be shortly meeting London boroughs, with the highest number of families in bed and breakfast and other forms of temporary accommodation such as hostels, to discuss what the issues are and how they are going to resolve them.

Alcoholic Drinks: Prices

Ian Paisley Jnr: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent consideration she has given to introducing minimum unit pricing for alcohol in England and Wales following the recent developments in Scotland and the European Commission in that policy area.

Jeremy Browne: The Alcohol Strategy, published earlier this year, set out the Government's commitment to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol.
	The Government continues to monitor developments and progress in this area and will consider any issues arising alongside the Government's forthcoming public consultation on the Alcohol Strategy.

Asylum: East of England

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the cost of support of asylum seekers to each local authority in the East of England in each of the last three years.

Mark Harper: The UK Border Agency contracts with external providers to provide support and accommodation for destitute asylum seekers, in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act (1999). The Agency reimburses local authorities which incur costs in supporting and accommodating children and young people, at rates agreed with the authorities.
	The Home Office holds no information on additional costs—e.g. for education or health services—which local authorities may incur in supporting asylum seekers.

Asylum: Housing

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many units of council accommodation her Department has reserved for asylum seekers in each local authority area in the East of England; for what period; and how many are vacant.

Mark Harper: In the East of England, all asylum seekers are housed in private provider accommodation and, as such, there is no requirement for local authorities to provide housing in this area.

Asylum: Housing

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have been housed in (a) the East of England, (b) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (c) each local authority area in Suffolk and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Mark Harper: The UK Border Agency has published statistics since 2006 on the number of asylum seekers accommodated under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The statistics include a breakdown of the numbers accommodated in specific regions, local authorities and particular towns in the United Kingdom and are available in “Table as.16.q” (asylum excel tables volume 5). A copy of which will be placed in the House Library.

Asylum: Housing

Barry Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  on what date the New Asylum Model aim team carried out the goods receipt on the Adelphi System for the R100R report of Kimberley Group Housing for the period 3 to 30 November 2008;
	(2)  on what date the Regional Contract Manager of her Department authorised the service credits, voucher costs and agreed extras in relation to the R100R report of Kimberley Group for the period 3 to 30 November 2008;
	(3)  whether the New Aslyum Model aim budget holder in her Department authorised the goods receipt process to proceed from the R100C reports in relation to Kimberley Group Housing for the period 3 to 30 November 2008.

Mark Harper: The contract held with Kimberley Group Housing Ltd was terminated on 9 January 2009 after it became apparent that the company was not able to meet its trading liabilities.
	The invoice for the period 3 to 30 November 2008 was withheld and consequently normal activities such as identifying any service credits, receipting and authorising services received on the Adelphi System were not necessary.

Disclosure and Barring Service

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of new IT systems at the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if she will make a statement.

James Brokenshire: A five year contract to support the Disclosure and Barring Service was awarded to Tata Consultancy Services on 4 October 2012. The new contract is worth approximately £143 million over the five year period.

Entry Clearances: Married People

Jason McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals applied for a visa to come to the UK after marrying a UK national overseas in (a) 2008, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011; and how many such applications were refused in each of those years.

Mark Harper: The number of foreign nationals who have applied for entry clearance after marrying a British citizen in the years 2008, 2010, 2011 are included in the following table. The statistics are broken down by the total number who applied and the number of applicants refused entry clearance in 2008, 2010, 2011.
	
		
			  Endorsement Applications Refused 
			 2008 Spouse/Civil Partner 52,874 8,368 
			 2010 Spouse/Civil Partner 45,543 7,894 
			 2011 Spouse/Civil Partner 33,884 6,040 
			 Note: This data is based on internal UK Border Agency Management Information. It is provisional and subject to change.

Innovation Fund

Yvette Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department allocated to each local authority through the Innovation Fund in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13.

Theresa May: holding answer 1 November 2012
	None. The Community Action Against Crime: Innovation Fund for 2011-12 and 2012-13 was not allocated to local authorities but went directly to 268 voluntary community and social enterprise organisations who submitted successful bids to develop new ways of working in local communities to cut crime and improve community safety.

National Crime Agency

Yvette Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department allocated to the National Crime Agency for (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.

Theresa May: holding answer 1 November 2012
	The Government has committed to delivering the National Crime Agency (NCA) in 2013 within the combined budgets of its precursor organisations. The NCA will be a highly visible agency of operational crime-fighters, protecting the public by cutting serious, organised and complex crime. The NCA will have an explicit mandate to lead and task the entire law enforcement response, on the basis of a single, authoritative intelligence picture. Subject to the passage of legislation, we expect the NCA to be operational during the financial year 2013-14. The NCA does not exist as a legal entity before then and therefore no funding has been allocated by me as Secretary of State for the Home Department in 2012-13.
	The financial year 2013-14 will be a transitional year for the NCA. The Serious Organised Crime Agency's (SOCA's) budget (including Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) will form the bulk of the NCA's budget allocated by me as Secretary of State for the Home Department. A budget of approximately £400 million in 2013-14 is indicatively planned for SOCA and subsequently the NCA when it is operational. We expect the NCA, like SOCA, will have access to other supplementary funding streams in addition to the Home Department's direct grant funding. Budgets transferring in 2013-14 are dependent on the passage of legislation and will continue to develop in line with the evolving precursor landscape.

Police and Crime Commissioners

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy that where a police and crime commissioner was elected having stood as a party political candidate there will be a requirement for the Commissioner to publish details of all meetings held with representatives of that political party.

Damian Green: The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 sets out what information police and crime commissioners will need to publish. This includes details of all public meetings, records of non public meetings and decisions of significant public interest arising from the exercise of the role of police and crime commissioner.

Police: Uniforms

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of any need for improved body armour for police officers.

Damian Green: The Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) publish standards for police body armour. Although we have not seen any armours fail in the UK, the standards are regularly reviewed against operational threats to ensure they reflect the current and emerging threats faced by UK police officers and take advantage of technical innovations in the protective materials industry. CAST are currently reviewing the standards and a new standard will be published early in 2014.

Prostitution

Gavin Shuker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the proportion of men and women who have been trafficked into the UK who are subsequently sexually exploited; and if she will make a statement.

Mark Harper: The UK Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC) is responsible for collating data on potential human trafficking victims. In its 2011 baseline assessment, the UKHTC estimated that there were 2,077 potential victims of human trafficking. This includes 946 victims who were formally referred to the UKHTC for support through the UK's National Referral Mechanism. Of the 2,077 potential victims, 54% were female and 40% were male. The gender of 6% of victims was unknown.
	639 potential victims (31%) were sexually exploited, of which 92% were female, 6% were male and 2% were unknown. 71% of the 639 potential victims were adults, 23% were children and in 6% of cases the age of the victim was unknown.
	A breakdown of referrals by gender and exploitation type can be found at:
	http://www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc/national-referral-mechanism/statistics

Public Expenditure

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which companies her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value of £1 million or more in each of the last three years; and how much was spent on goods from each such company in each such year.

James Brokenshire: The Home Department has purchased goods and services of a total value of £1 million or more with 190 companies in the financial years 2010-11, 2011-12 und 2012-13 to date. The names of the companies are listed as follows.
	To separate out the specific spend on goods within the total spend on goods and services could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	FY 2012-13
	3M Security Printing & Systems Ltd
	Adare Ltd
	Advantage Technical Resourcing
	Airwave Solutions Ltd
	Amey Community Ltd
	Annes Gate Property plc
	Arval
	ASE Consulting Ltd
	Associated British Ports
	Atos IT Services UK Ltd
	Badenoch & Clark
	Barclays Bank
	Broadcasting Support Services
	C B Richard Ellis Ltd
	Cable & Wireless
	Capita Business Services Ltd
	Capita Secure Information Solution
	Capita Symonds
	Carlson Wagonlit Travel
	Clearel Ltd
	Clearsprings Management Ltd
	CLSH Management
	Cobham TCS Ltd
	Cogent Inc.
	Concateno UK Ltd
	Cripps Harries Hall
	CSC Computer Sciences Corporation
	CT Centre (MOD) t/a DSTL
	De La Rue International Ltd
	Detica Ltd
	DHL Global Forwarding UK Ltd
	Digital Barriers Services Ltd
	Drivers Jonas Deloitte
	DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Ltd
	DX Secure Ltd
	Eamus Cork Solutions
	EDF Energy
	EPIC Performance Improvement Ltd
	Equifax Ltd
	Ernst and Young LLP
	Expotel
	Fincore Ltd
	FR Aviation Ltd
	Fujitsu Services (Alcedo) Ltd
	Fujitsu Services Ltd
	G4S Care & Justice Services (UK) Ltd
	GEO Group UK Ltd (The)
	Happy Homes UK Ltd
	Hewlett Packard
	IBM Direct United Kingdom Ltd
	Interserve Construction Ltd
	Interserve Facilities Management
	Iron Mountain (UK) Ltd
	Jomast Property and Finance Co. Ltd
	KPMG LLP
	Lex Autolease Ltd
	Logica
	Logica CMG UK Ltd
	Magnetic IT Ltd
	Mapeley ABI Provider Ltd
	Methods Consulting Ltd
	Mitie Care & Custody Ltd
	MM Teleperformance Ltd t/a Teleperformance
	Northgate Information Solutions UK
	Northrop Grumman Information
	Orange PCS Ltd
	Pinsent Masons
	Priority Properties North West
	ProcServe Shared Services Ltd
	Reliance Secure Task Management
	Roke Manor Research Ltd
	Savvis UK Ltd
	Security Services Group
	Serco Ltd
	Siemens Enterprise Comm Ltd
	Sodexo Pass Ltd
	Sodexo Property Solutions Ltd
	Specialist Computer Centres plc
	Spring Technology (STSS)
	Steria UK
	Syntegra
	Thales UK Ltd
	TNT UK Ltd
	United Property Management
	VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd
	Wates Interiors Ltd
	YMCA Glasgow
	FY 2011-12
	3M
	Adare Ltd
	Advantage Technical Resourcing
	Airwave Solutions Ltd
	Alro Services Ltd
	Amey Community
	Amtec Consulting Group
	Angel Springs
	Annes Gate Property plc
	AP25 Ltd
	Arora Management Services on behalf of Ap24 Ltd
	Arval UK Ltd
	ASE Consulting Ltd
	Associated British Ports
	Atkins Ltd
	Atomic Weapons Establishment
	Atos IT Services UK Ltd
	Atos Origin
	BAA
	Babcock Nuclear Services Ltd
	Badenoch & Clark
	Barclaycard
	Barclays Bank
	BT—British Telecoms
	C B Richard Ellis Ltd
	CA Blackwell Ltd
	Cable & Wireless
	Canon (UK) Ltd
	Capita
	Carlson Wagonlit Travel
	Citibank International Plc
	Clearsprings Management Ltd
	Cobham TCS Ltd
	Cogent Systems Inc.
	COI Communications
	Concateno UK Ltd
	Cripps Harries Hall
	CSC Computer Sciences
	CT Centre (MOD) t/a DSTL
	D Ford Associates Ltd
	Damen Shipyards Gorinchem
	De La Rue International Ltd
	Dell
	Detica Ltd
	DHL Global Forwarding UK Ltd
	Digital Barriers Services Ltd
	DP World
	Drive Vauxhall
	Drivers Jonas Deloitte
	DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Ltd
	DX Secure LTD
	Eamus Cork Solutions
	EDF Energy
	Elan Computing
	Equifax
	Ernst & Young
	Expotel Hotel Reservations Ltd
	Fincore LTD
	FR Aviation LTD
	Fujitsu
	G4S
	Galliford Try
	GEO Group UK Ltd (The)
	Happy Homes UK Ltd
	Health Management Ltd
	Herman Miller Ltd
	Hewlett Packard
	HRG
	IBM
	IMS (Office Fitting & Design) Ltd
	Inchcape Fleet Solutions Ltd
	Insight Direct (UK) Ltd
	Interserve Construction Ltd
	IPL Information Processing Ltd.
	Iron Mountain (UK) Ltd
	Jomast Property and Finance Co. Ltd
	Kingsley Napley
	KPMG
	L3 Communications
	LA International Consultants
	Lex Autolease
	Logica
	M & Q Properties
	Mansell Construction Services
	Mapeley Estates Ltd
	Mapeley Steps Ltd
	Methods Consulting
	Metropolitan Support Trust (East Midlands)
	Mitie Care & Custody Ltd
	MM Teleperformance
	New Hall Place Unit Trust
	Northgate Information Solutions UK Ltd
	Northrop Grumman Information
	O2 (UK) Ltd
	OCS Group UK Ltd
	Ofcom
	Office Projects Ltd
	OMD Services Ltd
	Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
	Orange PCS Ltd
	PA Consulting
	Paris Apartment Services
	Parity
	Pinsent Masons
	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
	Priority Properties North West
	ProcServe Shared Services Ltd
	Prudential Property Investment
	Raytheon Systems Ltd
	Reliance
	Roke Manor Research Ltd
	Royal Mail
	Savvis UK Ltd
	Secure Mail Services Ltd
	Security Services Group
	Serco Ltd
	Siemens
	Sodexho
	Software AG UK Ltd
	Specialist Computer Centres plc
	Spring Technology (STSS)
	Steria Ltd
	Steria UK
	Syntegra
	Technical Supplier
	Thales
	The Geo Group UK Ltd
	TNS-BMRB
	TNT UK Ltd
	United Property Management
	VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd
	Vodafone
	Wagtail
	Wates Construction Ltd
	Wates Interiors Ltd
	Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd
	Wyboston Lakes Ltd
	YMCA Glasgow
	FY 2010-11
	3M
	ACPO
	Adare Ltd
	Advantage Technical Resourcing
	Airwave Solutions Ltd
	Alexandra plc
	Alpine Resourcing Ltd
	Altius Consulting Ltd
	American Science & Engineering Inc.
	Amey Community
	Amtec Consulting Group
	Angel Springs
	Annes Gate Property plc
	Arora Management Services on behalf of AP24 Ltd
	Arqiva
	Arval UK Ltd
	ASE Consulting Ltd
	Associated British Ports
	Atkins Ltd
	Atomic weapons establishment
	Atos origin
	BAA
	Babcock Nuclear Services Ltd
	Badenoch & Clark
	Barclays Bank
	Beetham Equities Ltd
	Brook Street
	BT—British Telecoms
	CA Blackwell Ltd
	Cable & Wireless
	Capgemini UK plc
	Capita
	Carlson Wagonlit Travel
	Citibank International plc
	Clearsprings Management Ltd
	Cogent Systems Inc.
	Computercenter HQ
	Concateno UK Ltd
	Cripps Harries Hall
	Crown Relocations
	CSC Computer Sciences
	D Ford Associates Ltd
	Damen Shipyards Gorinchem
	De La Rue International Ltd
	Dell
	Deloitte
	Detica Ltd
	Dover Harbour
	Drivers Jonas Deloitte
	DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Ltd
	Eamus Cork Solutions
	EDF Energy
	Elan Computing
	Employment Plus Ltd
	Ernst & Young
	Fincore Ltd
	FR Aviation Ltd
	Fujitsu
	G4S
	Galliford Try
	Gatwick Airport Ltd
	GVA Grimley
	Happy Homes UK Ltd
	Hays
	Health Management Ltd
	Herman Miller Ltd
	Hewlett Packard
	IBM
	Inchcape Fleet Solutions Ltd
	Insight Direct (UK) Ltd
	Interserve
	IPL Information Processing Ltd
	Iron Mountain (UK) Ltd
	Jacobs Engineering UK
	Jomast Property and Finance Co. Ltd
	KPMG
	Kriminal Varden
	Kronos Systems Ltd
	LA International Consultants
	Lex Autolease
	Lockheed Martin UK Ltd
	Logica
	Mansell Construction Services
	Mapeley ABI Provider Ltd
	Mapeley Steps Ltd
	Methods Consulting
	Metropolitan support trust (east midlands)
	MM Teleperformance
	Morpho
	New Hall Place Unit Trust
	Northern Ireland housing
	Northgate information solutions UK Ltd
	Northrop Grumman Information
	O2 (UK) Ltd
	OCS Group UK Ltd
	Ofcom
	OMD Services Ltd
	Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
	PA Consulting
	Parity
	Pinsent Masons
	Port of Felixstowe
	PricewaterhouseCoopers
	Priority properties north west
	Prudential property investment
	Rapiscan
	Raytheon Systems Ltd
	Refugee Action (Regions—NW, SE and SW)
	Reed
	Reliance Integrated Services Ltd
	Remploy Ltd
	Roke Manor Research Ltd
	Royal Mail
	SAIC Ltd
	Sand Resources
	Savvis UK Ltd
	Secure Mail Services Ltd
	Serco Ltd
	Siemens
	Sodexho
	Software AG UK Ltd
	Specialist Computer Centres plc
	Spring Technology
	Steria Ltd
	Syntegra
	Thales
	The GEO Group UK Ltd
	TNS-BMRB
	TNT UK Ltd
	Tribal
	Unisys Ltd
	United Property Management
	VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd
	Vincent Investment Properties
	Vodafone
	VT Nuclear Services Ltd
	Wagtail
	Wates Interiors Ltd
	WH 101 Old Hall Street Ltd
	Wyboston Lakes Ltd
	YMCA Glasgow

Pay

Thomas Docherty: To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff (a) directly employed and (b) employed by contractors working for the Commission are not paid the London Living Wage.

John Thurso: The London Living Wage was increased from £8.30 per hour to £8.55 per hour on 5 November.
	The House of Commons is required to keep its pay and conditions broadly in line with those of the civil service. All staff directly employed by the House of Commons earn a minimum of £8.70 per hour (£15,387 full time equivalent per annum). Commons staff receive a minimum of 28 days annual leave per annum plus bank holidays, and are entitled to paid sick leave.
	The House's cleaning contractor KGB currently pays 166 staff employed in Parliament a base rate of £8.30 per hour. I understand that at a recent staff meeting the company announced an increase in the base rate to £8.55 per hour from 1 April 2013.
	Agency kitchen porters are employed on an ad hoc basis and the agency pays its staff an hourly rate of £6.90 initially. After 12 weeks the rate is increased to £8.94 per hour. As of 26 November 2012 no agency kitchen porters were being employed at the lower rate.
	Our larger contractors including the Police and TSO all pay above the London Living Wage. Information for smaller contractors is not readily available.

Belarus

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 
	(1)  whether he plans to raise the human rights situation in Belarus with his EU counterparts at the Permanent Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe;
	(2)  what recent representations he has made to the Belarusian government on the human rights situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  what recent discussions he has had with his (a) EU and (b) US counterparts on the human rights situation in Belarus;
	(4)  what recent assessment he has made of levels of (a) independent media freedom and (b) human rights in Belarus; and if he will make a statement;
	(5)  what reports he has received of the level of transparency in the elections to the Belarusian parliament on 23 September 2012; and if he will make a statement.

David Lidington: There has been no significant change in the human rights situation in Belarus since the crackdown following the December 2010 presidential election. The authorities continue their harassment of the political opposition, civil society and independent journalists, denying individuals the right to freedom of expression and assembly. One political prisoner was released in September, but ten remain in jail. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) observer mission assessed Belarus's parliamentary election of 23 September to be neither free nor fair.
	The Government constantly monitors the human rights situation in Belarus; Belarus continues to feature as a ‘country of concern’ in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) annual Human Rights Report. In a FCO statement on 26 September, we expressed disappointment with the conduct of the elections, called on the Government of Belarus to work constructively with the OSCE on electoral reforms and called again for the release and rehabilitation of the political prisoners. We make regular representations to the Belarusian authorities in Minsk and London about the human rights situation, in particular about the political prisoners. A senior FCO official raised the case of Andrzey Poczobut with the Belarusian ambassador to London on 20 July.
	The UK strongly supported the establishment of a UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on Belarus. I issued a statement on 5 July urging the Government of Belarus to cooperate fully with this new mechanism. Miklós Haraszti took up the mandate on 1 November and immediately wrote to the Belarusian Government requesting that they enter into an open dialogue with him and civil society. As yet, he has not received a reply.
	The UK continues to work with EU, US and other international partners and groupings to maintain political pressure on the Belarusian authorities. The EU Foreign Affairs Council discussed Belarus on 15 October and agreed to roll over the existing sanctions regime for a further year. The UK discusses Belarus bilaterally with key EU partners on a regular basis. Most recently, I discussed Belarus with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on 2 October and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), discussed Belarus with Polish Foreign Secretary, Mr Sikorski, in Warsaw on 19 October. In addition there are regular UK/US exchanges of views on human rights issues, including in relation to Belarus.
	The UK regularly contributes to EU discussions and statements on Belarus in the OSCE Permanent Council, such as the 15 October EU statement of concerns about the conduct of the elections, and will be prepared to discuss Belarus at the OSCE Ministerial Council due to take place in Dublin on 6-7 December. The UK contributed both funds and personnel to the OSCE/ODHIR mission that observed September's parliamentary elections in Belarus.

Belarus

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 
	(1)  what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor the human rights situation and (b) call on the Belarusian authorities to release and rehabilitate all political prisoners in Belarus;
	(2)  pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2012, Official Report, column 14W, on Belarus, what representations have been made to the Belarusian authorities on the arrest of Andrzey Poczobut; and what recent reports he has received on the work of the UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur on Belarus.

David Lidington: There has been no significant change in the human rights situation in Belarus since the crackdown following the December 2010 presidential election. The authorities continue their harassment of the political opposition, civil society and independent journalists, denying individuals the right to freedom of expression and assembly. One political prisoner was released in September, but 10 remain in jail. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) observer mission assessed Belarus's parliamentary election of 23 September to be neither free nor fair.
	The Government constantly monitors the human rights, situation in Belarus; Belarus continues to feature as a 'country of concern' in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) annual Human Rights Report. In a FCO statement on 26 September, we expressed disappointment with the conduct of the elections, called on the Government of Belarus to work constructively with the OSCE on electoral reforms and called again for the release and rehabilitation of the political prisoners. We make regular representations to the Belarusian authorities in Minsk and London about the human rights situation, in particular about the political prisoners. A senior FCO official raised the case of Andrzey Poczobut with the Belarusian ambassador to London on 20 July.
	The UK strongly supported the establishment of a UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on Belarus. I issued a statement on 5 July urging the Government of Belarus to co-operate fully with this new mechanism. Miklos Haraszti took up the mandate on 1 November and immediately wrote to the Belarusian Government requesting that they enter into an open dialogue with him and civil society. As yet, he has not received a reply.
	The UK .continues to work with EU, US and other international partners and groupings to maintain political pressure on the Belarusian authorities. The EU Foreign Affairs Council discussed Belarus on 15 October and agreed to roll over the existing sanctions regime for a further year. The UK discusses Belarus bilaterally with key EU partners on a regular basis. Most recently, I discussed Belarus with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on 2 October and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), discussed Belarus with Polish Foreign Secretary, Mr Sikorski, in Warsaw on 19 October. In addition there are regular UK/US exchanges of views on human rights issues, including in relation to Belarus.
	The UK regularly contributes to EU discussions and statements on Belarus in the OSCE Permanent Council, such as the 15 October EU statement of concerns about the conduct of the elections, and will be prepared to discuss Belarus at the OSCE Ministerial Council due to take place in Dublin on 6-7 December. The UK contributed both funds and personnel to the OSCE/ODHIR mission that observed September's parliamentary elections in Belarus.

Belarus

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the current (a) visa entry requirements, (b) restrictions and (c) costs applied by his Department's Consulate at the British Embassy in Minsk to Belarusian nationals seeking to travel to the UK for the purpose of work or tourism; if he will establish a review of these arrangements; and if he will make a statement.

Mark Harper: I have been asked to reply 
	on behalf of the Home Department.
	Application costs and requirements are determined by the Immigration Rules and fees regulations, whose parameters apply globally. The Government has no current plans to change visa entry requirements for Belarusian nationals wishing to travel to the UK for the purpose of work or tourism. Visa fees were last updated in April 2012. They are reviewed annually.

Brazil

Wayne David: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he is planning to have with the Brazilian government to ensure that the rights and cultural heritage of the indigenous people in Brazil are protected.

Hugo Swire: We regularly discuss human rights issues, including indigenous rights, with the Brazilian Government. We support the Brazilian Government's own efforts to improve the environmental and human rights situation for indigenous peoples, particularly through the EU-Brazil human rights dialogue and will continue to raise these important issues with the Brazilian Government.
	Under the Brazilian constitution indigenous people have clear rights, including the protection of their cultural heritage and rights to occupy and use their traditional lands. The Brazilian Government's National Foundation for Indians (FUNAI) monitors and supports indigenous people's interests, but recognises that further work needs to be done to protect indigenous rights and ensure effective implementation of these legal frameworks.

Burma

David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of anti-Muslim prejudice in Burmese society.

Hugo Swire: The recent violence in Rakhine state has once again highlighted the tensions felt between communities in Burma. We have left senior members of the Burmese Government in no doubt about our concerns over the reported Human Rights abuses. I will again raise these concerns with Burma's political leaders during my forthcoming visit to the country.
	The UK continues to condemn all instances where individuals face persecution or discrimination because of their faith or beliefs, wherever they happen and whatever the religion of the individual or group concerned. There are severe restrictions on the freedom of all religions in Burma, including towards Christians and Muslims, particularly if they are perceived as anti-government groups. Ethnic minority communities, many of whom are non-Buddhists (eg. the Rohingya and Kachin). Are disproportionately affected by the wider pattern of human rights abuse carried out by the Burmese authorities.
	We continue to raise our concerns directly with senior members of the Burmese Government at every opportunity.

Burma

David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to verify reports of rape of ethnic Rohingya women and girls by Burmese government security and military personnel.

Hugo Swire: We have received many reports of human rights abuses in Rakhine State since the outbreak of violence in June, including reports that allege the involvement of government security forces in the rape of Rohingya women and girls. I am travelling to Rakhine State in December to see the situation in the state for myself.
	Following our calls for an investigation into allegations of abuse in Rakhine State, calls echoed by the wider international community and in particular by the UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana, the Burmese Government set up an independent Investigative Commission to probe the causes of the violence. We welcomed this development but made clear that for the commission to be credible it needed to involve a consultative process with all the affected communities, including the Rohingya. I will again raise these concerns with the Burmese Government during my forthcoming visit to the country.
	The publication of the Commission's final report has been delayed so that the Commission can incorporate its findings on the violence of late October. It will be important for investigations into alleged atrocities, including rape, to be transparent and thorough ensuring that those who have committed crimes are held to account for their actions.

Burma

David Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on whether Rakhine and national Burmese government officials were involved in inciting hatred and violence against the Rohingya ethnic minority.

Hugo Swire: Through our regular contact with ethnic groups and non-governmental organisations we continue to receive reports of human rights abuses in Rakhine State, including reports that allege local security services and government officials were involved in inciting hatred and violence against the Rohingya ethnic minority. I will travel to Burma's Rakhine State in December to see the situation in the state for myself.
	Following our calls for an investigation into allegations of abuse in Rakhine State, calls echoed by the UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana, the Burmese Government set up an independent Investigative Commission to probe the causes of the violence. We welcomed this development but made clear that for the commission to be credible it needed to involve a consultative process with all the affected communities, including the Rohingya. I will again raise these concerns with the Burmese Government during my forthcoming visit.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the advance of the M23 rebels into the city of Goma.

Mark Simmonds: Britain condemns, in the strongest terms, the action of M23 in entering Goma, and their movements beyond this town. We have made clear that individuals responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses will be held responsible. We continue to urge those with influence over the M23 to encourage them to stop fighting and to withdraw immediately.
	The Prime Minister spoke separately to the Presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 22 November about the situation in Eastern DRC. He used the calls to welcome the joint communique signed-by Presidents Kagame, Kabila and Museveni condemning the M23 rebel group and calling on them to pull out of Goma. He encouraged both leaders to do all they could to translate the communique into action. The Prime Minister urged President Kagame to do everything he could to put pressure on the M23 to withdraw from Goma. He made clear that the international community could not ignore evidence of Rwandan involvement with the M23, and that President Kagame needed to show that the Government of Rwanda had no links to the M23.
	I visited Kampala, Kigali and Kinshasa between 21-23 November, meeting the Presidents and Foreign Ministers of each country. With all I made clear the UK's position as expressed in UNSCR 2076 that the M23 must leave Goma.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ian Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the influence of the government of Rwanda on the M23 group of rebels.

Mark Simmonds: As the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) and the Secretary of State for International Development, my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Justine Greening) made clear in their statement on 22 November, we judge the overall body of evidence of Rwandan involvement with M23 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be credible and compelling. The Prime Minister made clear in his conversation with Rwanda President Kagame he should do everything he could to put pressure on the M23 to withdraw from Goma. He made clear that the international community could not ignore evidence of Rwandan involvement with the M23 and that President Kagame needed to show that the Government of Rwanda had no links to the M23. I made the same points to President Kagame when I saw him in Kigali on 22 November. I am encouraged that, over recent days. President Kagame and the Government of Rwanda have engaged fully and constructively with the Governments of DRC and Rwanda, to end the current conflict in Eastern DRC and address its underlying causes.

Grants

Margaret Curran: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what grant-giving programmes are operated by (a) his Department and (b) the bodies for which he is responsible; and which such programmes award grants in Scotland.

David Lidington: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) currently operates a number of strategic programmes that involve the provision of grants. These programmes cover the following: Prosperity; Commercial Diplomacy; the GREAT Campaign; Arab Partnership; Human Rights and Democracy; the Westminster Foundation for Democracy; Scholarships; Strategic Communications; Counter Terrorism; Counter Proliferation; Afghanistan; Building Effective Institutions; Overseas Territories; Reuniting Europe; and Future International Leaders. The FCO also runs bilateral programmes in specific countries, and provides the platform for work on Cyber Capacity Building, Returns and Reintegration and the Conflict Pool. These programmes are designed to deliver our Foreign Policy Priorities and to promote UK interests overseas and. as such, they do not award grants in Scotland, or anywhere else in the UK. In addition to the above programmes, the FCO has a number of consular programmes where some funding, for example to support victims of forced marriage, is spent in the UK, including Scotland.
	The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), is responsible for the following non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs): Wilton Park; the British Council; the BBC World Service; the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission; the Great Britain-China Centre; and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. The British Council awards grants to: individuals; various schools, colleges and universities; charities, non-governmental organisations and social enterprises; local government, arts, environmental and culture groups; and religious, national and international bodies. The British Council serves the whole of the UK and where grant schemes involve the UK they are also available to applicants in Scotland. The other NDPBs either do not award grants at all or do not do so in the UK.

India

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Indian government following the recent use of the death penalty in that country; and if he will make representations in support of the abolition of the death penalty.

Hugo Swire: We have not yet discussed the recent use of the death penalty with the Indian Government. However, it is the long-standing policy of successive British Governments to oppose the death penalty, in all circumstances, as a matter of principle. We regularly make our position clear to the Government of India, both bilaterally and through the European Union, and urge them to introduce a formal moratorium. We will be joining European Union partners in expressing our concerns to the Indian Government over the breach in the de-facto moratorium on the death penalty that has existed since 2004.

Middle East

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of reports he has received on responsibility for rocket fire into Israel from Gaza; and if he will make a statement. [R]

Alistair Burt: We utterly condemn rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel by Hamas and other armed groups. We have been clear that Hamas bears principal responsibility for the recent crisis.
	The UK welcomes the agreement reached on 21 November to end the hostilities in Gaza and southern Israel. We have urged all sides to uphold their commitments, and paid tribute to President Mursi and the Egyptian government for their intensive efforts and the leadership they have shown, as well as to Secretary of State Clinton and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for the role they have played.
	This ceasefire is an important step towards a lasting peace. The priority now must be to build on the ceasefire and to address the underlying causes of the conflict, including more open access to and from Gaza for trade as well as humanitarian assistance, and an end to the smuggling of weapons. Above all, the loss of life over the past week has shown the urgent need for a return to negotiations on a two state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The UK will work urgently with the United States, the European Union, our other international partners and with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, calling for a new initiative to restart the peace process before the window for a two state solution closes.

Middle East

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the capability of the government of Israel to prevent rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel; and if he will make a statement. [R]

Alistair Burt: The Israeli Defence Forces have reported that the Iron Dome system intercepted 421 rockets fired from Gaza during Operation Pillar of Defence.
	The UK welcomes the agreement reached on 21 November to end the hostilities in Gaza and southern Israel. We have urged all sides to uphold their commitments, and paid tribute to President Mursi and the Egyptian Government for their intensive efforts and the leadership they have shown, as well as to Secretary of State Clinton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the role they have played.
	This ceasefire is an important step towards a lasting peace. The priority now must be to build on the ceasefire and to address the underlying causes of the conflict, including more open access to and from Gaza for trade as well as humanitarian assistance, and an end to the smuggling of weapons. Above all, the loss of life over the past week has shown the urgent need for a return to negotiations on a two state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The UK will work urgently with the United States, the European Union, our other international partners and with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, calling for a new initiative to restart the peace process before the window for a two state solution closes.

Middle East

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions (a) each Minister and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) Arab states and (ii) the government of Israel on discrimination against Jewish communities in Arab states; what the outcomes were of such discussions; and if he will make a statement. [R]

Alistair Burt: The British Government places real importance on the right to freedom of religion for all. We condemn all instances of violence and discrimination against individuals and groups because of their faith or belief, including attacks or discrimination against all religions in the middle east. We have regular discussions with Arab governments on issues of religious freedom. At the meeting of European Union and Arab League Foreign Ministers in Cairo on 13 November 2012, Ministers underlined their commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, including freedom of religion, and underlined the importance of respect of religious diversity.
	Discrimination against Jewish communities in Arab states is not an issue that has been recently discussed with the Government of Israel although we do regularly discuss instances of official promotion of anti-Semitism by the Iranian authorities.

Middle East

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the number of occasions on which members of the Arab League have (a) met to discuss and (b) issued statements to condemn terrorist incidents (i) in Israel committed by Hamas and (ii) in Israel and the West Bank committed by (A) Arab organisations and (B) Hezbollah. [R]

Alistair Burt: We are not aware of recent Arab League discussions and statements specifically condemning terrorist attacks against Israel. At the joint meeting of Arab League and EU Foreign Ministers on 13 November, the Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their continued support for the Arab Peace Initiative and to a two state solution; condemned all acts of violence against civilians; and called for full respect of international humanitarian law.

Middle East

Dave Watts: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage Israel to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza.

Alistair Burt: The British Government is gravely concerned by the recent violence in Gaza and southern Israel and deeply regrets the loss of civilian life. We consistently called on those involved to avoid any action which risked civilian casualties.
	We welcome the agreement reached on 21 November to end hostilities. We have urged all sides to uphold their commitments, and paid tribute to President Mursi and the Egyptian Government for their intensive efforts and the leadership they have shown, as well as to Secretary of State Clinton and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the role they have played.
	This ceasefire is an important step towards a lasting peace. The priority now must be to build on the ceasefire and to address the underlying causes of the conflict, including more open access to and from Gaza for trade as well as humanitarian assistance, and an end to the smuggling of weapons. Above all, the loss of life over the past week has shown the urgent need for a return to negotiations on a two state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The UK will work urgently with the United States, the European Union, our other international partners and with Israel and the Palestinian Authority, calling for a new initiative to restart the peace process before the window for a two state solution closes.

Middle East

Dave Watts: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take to encourage Israel to end settlement building.

Alistair Burt: The UK position on settlements is clear: as well as being illegal under international law, settlements undermine the possibility of a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and those working for a sustainable peace. We have repeatedly condemned Israel's announcements to accelerate settlement building in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including east Jerusalem and called on Israel to reverse these.
	We look to the Government of Israel to take all necessary steps to prevent settlement construction and we continue to raise this issue at the highest levels with the Israeli authorities.

Middle East

Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Israel on the security threat posed by Syria and Iran.

Alistair Burt: We have regular discussions with the Government of Israel on the security threats posed by Syria and Iran, most recently on 1 November at the UK- Israel Strategic dialogue meeting.
	In the case of Syria we have imposed sanctions on the Syrian Government which will help prevent any further acquisition and development of chemical and biological weapons. Sanctions aimed directly at a weapons programme will send the message to the Assad regime that we strongly condemn the development, stockpiling, use or proliferation of such weapons.
	Iran poses a range of threats to Israel and the international community. These include the development of its nuclear programme which we believe is a real threat to the security of the middle east and beyond. Iran also provides significant financial support to Hezbollah and to Palestinian rejectionist groups, which directly undermines prospects for peace in the region.
	Our objective on the Iranian nuclear issue remains a peaceful, negotiated solution. We have made it clear to Israel that a real chance should be given to the approach we have adopted: serious economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure and negotiations with Iran by the E3+3 (UK, US, France, Germany, Russia and China).

Middle East

Matthew Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department took to prevent the build up of arms and missiles in the Gaza area controlled by the Palestinian Authority and Hamas after 2005.

Alistair Burt: Following the end of Operation Cast Lead in 2009, the UK has been actively engaged in international efforts to stop arms smuggling into Gaza. We are an active participant in the Gaza Counter-Arms Smuggling Initiative. This initiative aims to develop an effective framework for international cooperation, supplementary to measures taken by regional states to prevent and interdict the illicit flow of arms, ammunition, and weapons components, to Gaza.

Staff

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff his Department employs on the commercial teams in (a) Mauritania, (b) Morocco, (c) Algeria, (d) Tunisia, (e) Libya, (f) Egypt, (g) Israel, (h) Lebanon, (i) Jordan, (j) Iraq, (k) Saudi Arabia, (l) United Arab Emirates, (m) Bahrain, (n) Qatar and (o) Oman.

Hugo Swire: In our Missions in the countries in question we have approximately the following number of staff:
	(a) No direct representation in Mauritania, covered by Rabat;
	(b) 80 in Morocco;
	(c) 45 in Algeria;
	(d) 55 in Tunisia;
	(e) 25 in Libya;
	(f) 130 in Egypt;
	(g) 55 in Israel;
	(h) 70 in Lebanon;
	(i) 90 in Jordan;
	(j) 75 in Iraq;
	(k) 140 in Saudi Arabia;
	(1) 155 in the United Arab Emirates;
	(m) 45 in Bahrain;
	(n) 30 in Qatar;
	(o) 55 in Oman.
	These numbers include both UK based staff and those employed locally. They include staff who undertake commercial duties. For operational and security reasons we cannot provide a more detailed breakdown by function. The data used as a basis for this answer date from December 2011.

Syria

Andrew Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he made regarding access for international non-governmental organisations to Syrian refugees in northern Lebanon; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt: During his visit to Lebanon on 18-19 November the permanent under-secretary of state for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Simon Fraser, raised the question of access for international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to Syrian refugees in northern Lebanon. We understand from international NGOs in Lebanon that their access to refugees in northern Lebanon has recently improved.
	UK funding is supporting the work of humanitarian agencies in Lebanon to deliver assistance to meet the needs of Syrian refugees. The UK is providing £23 million assistance to Syrian refugee populations in neighbouring countries. In Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, UK support is providing food for 23,000 Syrian refugees; clean drinking water for more than 45,000 people; support to UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, to provide a range of services for refugee children including trauma counselling and education; and safe transportation from the border to refugee camps for around 30.000 Syrian refugees who may already have walked for days to reach safety.

Western Sahara

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will (a) raise with the Moroccan ambassador and (b) instruct the UK ambassador in Rabat to investigate the violent breaking up of demonstrations and allegations of beatings and torture in Al Aaiun, Dhakla and Smara during the visit of UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross to Western Sahara.

Alistair Burt: We are concerned about the restrictions on freedom of expression and association in Western Sahara, and the allegations we hear about the use of excessive force by the Moroccan security forces. We frequently discuss these issues with the Moroccan authorities, both in Rabat and in Western Sahara. We welcome steps Morocco has taken to try to address human rights issues, including the visit this year by the UN Special Rapporteur for Torture, and encourage Morocco to continue to work to improve the human rights situation in Western Sahara.

Zimbabwe

Robert Halfon: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government is taking to support British citizens who were illegally removed from their land in Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2001.

Mark Simmonds: We speak regularly with a number of the organisations and representatives of commercial farmers in Zimbabwe, including the Commercial Farmers Union. We continue to provide consular assistance to all British nationals in Zimbabwe, including those affected by this issue.
	The British Government strongly condemns the illegal removal of British citizens from their land, which contravenes the Southern African Development Community ruling of November 2008 and the terms of-the Global Political Agreement. We regularly raise this issue with Government of Zimbabwe and urge them to respect the rule of law.

NHS Accountability

Steven Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the accountability of the NHS to patients.

Daniel Poulter: This Government is taking significant steps to improve the accountability of the national health service, including creating Healthwatch as the national and local champion for patients and the public.
	The Government is also ensuring that patients are more involved in decisions about services and can feed back on their experiences through the Friends and Family test.

Autism

Julian Sturdy: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support measures are in place for children with autism once they have left secondary school.

Daniel Poulter: The Government are committed to ensuring young people with autism are properly supported on leaving school. We have recently issued an action plan with a number of measures to increase the accessibility of apprenticeships for learners with learning difficulties or disabilities.
	The Government Autism Strategy includes activity to increase the number of adults with autism in work. We have introduced The Work programme which provides personalised back to work support for unemployed people including disabled people; and set up Work Choice which provides tailored support to help disabled people who face the most complex barriers to employment find and stay in work.
	The Mandate for the NHS gives the NHS Commissioning Board the objective of ensuring clinical commissioning groups work with local authorities to ensure that vulnerable people, particularly those with learning disabilities and autism, receive safe, appropriate, high quality care. From 2014, where necessary, young people (up to the age of 25) with special educational needs, which would include autism, will have an Education, Health and Care plan, setting out the support from the three sectors. Local authorities and local health bodies will be required to work together to plan and commission services jointly, helping to improve outcomes, including future employment and independent living, and managing the transition from childhood to adulthood.

Blood: Contamination

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to compensate people who received contaminated blood and are suffering from consequences other than HIV and hepatitis C.

Anna Soubry: There are no plans to introduce any financial support schemes for those treated with contaminated blood or blood products supplied by the national health service, beyond those already in place to support people infected with human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C.
	The vGD Trust compensates any individuals who may have suffered on the balance of probabilities from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vGD), and their families, irrespective of how the disease was contracted, and were resident in the United Kingdom for five years between 1982 and 1996.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Donors

Graham Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons patients with myalgic encephalopathy, chronic fatigue syndrome and post-viral fatigue syndrome have been prevented from being tissue donors since 2007; and for what reasons recipients of tissue donations from such patients were deemed to be at risk.

Anna Soubry: People with myalgic encephalopathy, chronic fatigue syndrome and post-viral fatigue syndrome can donate tissues once their symptoms have resolved. Recipients of tissue donations from such patients have not been deemed to be at risk by the Joint Professional Advisory Committee (JPAC). However, the causes of these conditions are unknown and so a precautionary approach is taken.
	Guidelines on the selection of donors are set by JPAC, which includes representation of all four UK Blood Transfusion services and the Medicines and Healthcare, products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Guidelines are regularly reviewed and should more information on the causes of these conditions emerge it would be taken into account in reviewing eligibility for donation prior to symptoms of the conditions having resolved.

Diabetes

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the duties he undertook to raise awareness of diabetes on World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2012.

Daniel Poulter: This year no. 10 Downing street was lit in blue to support World Diabetes Day campaign. In addition, the Under-Secretary of State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry), participated in a radio broadcast on SABRAS radio station (whose target audience is the South Asian population) to raise awareness about diabetes.

Genito-urinary Medicine

Diane Abbott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men and (b) women of each age have been admitted to hospital with genito-urinary injuries in each of the last five years.

Daniel Poulter: The information held by the Department on this issue is in the following table. The term ‘genito-urinary injury’ does not exist in the ICD-10 Classification and the table instead includes codes which are used to classify injuries to specific genital and urinary system organs.
	The table shows finished admission episodes for males and females aggregated by quinary age groups for the years 2007-08 to 2011-12. The figures refer to the number of episodes where a person was admitted to hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis that indicated one of the specified injuries to the genital and urinary organs. It is not a count of people diagnosed with these injuries as the same person may have had more than one episode per year.
	
		
			 Count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) (1)  with a named primary or secondary diagnosis of genito-urinary injury (2)  for males and females for the years 2007-08 to 2011-12 (3) —Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector 
			  2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 
			 Age group Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 
			 All ages 1,029 376 1,062 410 1,214 541 1,324 599 1,516 560 
			 0-4 10 5 13 6 8 2 14 11 15 6 
			 5-9 17 10 22 10 18 17 23 12 23 18 
			 10-14 75 14 64 18 68 18 56 17 65 8 
			 15-19 162 40 151 27 153 32 146 43 154 34 
			 20-24 131 42 123 33 120 36 142 30 138 40 
			 25-29 89 27 79 30 100 37 87 28 111 31 
			 30-34 56 23 68 34 78 38 60 50 93 28 
			 35-39 65 34 62 35 71 38 73 40 80 47 
			 40-44 66 46 65 47 69 54 77 45 91 41 
			 45-49 43 35 52 28 66 36 67 43 87 40 
			 50-54 37 11 44 29 48 22 61 30 64 32 
			 55-59 34 16 25 18 53 35 56 21 51 20 
			 60-64 29 14 42 17 43 28 66 29 72 25 
			 65-69 29 9 24 16 38 28 62 26 56 32 
			 70-74 44 11 50 17 53 28 62 32 66 21 
			 75-79 40 10 53 17 72 34 79 42 82 37 
			 80-84 54 13 54 10 66 27 83 29 118 31 
			 85-89 25 10 50 11 58 18 70 32 87 32 
			 90+ 22 3 19 5 31 12 38 38 58 28 
			 Age unknown 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 5 9 
			 (1) Finished admission episodes (FAEs). A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. (2) Number of episodes in which the patient had a (named) primary or secondary diagnosis The number of episodes where this diagnosis was recorded in any of the 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. Each episode is only counted once, even if the diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record. ICD-10 Codes used: 537.0—Injury of kidney 537.1—Injury of ureter 537.2—Injury of bladder 537.3—Injury of urethra 537.4—Injury of ovary 537.5—Injury of fallopian tubes 537.6—Injury of uterus (3) Assessing growth through time HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre

Health Services: Internet

Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to expand the service provided by the Our Health South West website to the (a) South East and (b) UK.

Daniel Poulter: In May 2012, the Government published its information strategy for health and social care—“The power of information”:
	www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/digitalasset/dh_134205.pdf
	The strategy set out the Government's commitment to developing a single comprehensive online ‘portal’ from 2013, as a link to trusted information on health, care, support and public health, such as the excellent information provided by Our Health South West about stroke and dementia. A single, national, gateway to a wealth of health and care information will present a radical simplification to the way people will be able to access trusted health and care information and presents an opportunity for many more people, nationally, to be able to easily find and access such important and valuable information.

Maternity Services

Robin Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on NHS maternity services in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each NHS trust in 2011-12.

Daniel Poulter: This information is not collected in the format requested. The Department collects accounting data based on commissioning of secondary health care by financial year. Information regarding expenditure on the purchase of secondary healthcare relating to maternity services by strategic health authority (SHA) region and primary care trust (PCT) in 2011-12 is set out in the following tables.
	
		
			 Table 1: Expenditure on the purchase of secondary healthcare relating to maternity services for England 
			 Region 2011-12 Purchase of secondary healthcare: Maternity (£000) 
			 England 2,620,977 
			 Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts 
		
	
	
		
			 Table 2: Expenditure on the purchase of secondary healthcare relating to maternity services by SHA region 
			 Region 2011-12 Purchase of secondary healthcare: Maternity (£000) 
			 East Midlands SHA 210,298 
			 East of England SHA 279,289 
			 London SHA 525,838 
			 North East SHA 107,848 
			 North West SHA 345,079 
			 South Central SHA 186,450 
			 South East Coast SHA 183,262 
			 South West SHA 234,665 
			 West Midlands SHA 271,736 
		
	
	
		
			 Yorkshire and the Humber SHA 276,512 
			 Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts 
		
	
	
		
			 Table 3: Expenditure on the purchase of secondary healthcare relating to maternity services by PCT 
			 Organisation 2011-12 Purchase of secondary healthcare: Maternity (£000) 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 15,230 
			 Barking and Dagenham PCT 12,897 
			 Barnet PCT 22,739 
			 Barnsley PCT 15,034 
			 Bassetlaw PCT 5,401 
			 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 7,318 
			 Bedfordshire PCT 20,608 
			 Berkshire East PCT 21,938 
			 Berkshire West PCT 24,529 
			 Bexley NHS Care Trust PCT 12,160 
			 Birmingham East and North PCT 22,349 
			 Blackpool PCT 5,276 
			 Bolton PCT 14,416 
			 Bournemouth and Poole PCT 17,748 
			 Bradford and Airedale PCT 28,512 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 23,382 
			 Brighton and Hove City PCT 10,051 
			 Bristol PCT 27,253 
			 Bromley PCT 14,356 
			 Buckinghamshire PCT 23,358 
			 Bury PCT 8,639 
			 Calderdale PCT 10,169 
			 Cambridgeshire PCT 23,228 
			 Camden PCT 13,259 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 24,605 
			 Central Lancashire PCT 21,011 
			 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 18,107 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 14,652 
			 County Durham PCT 20,417 
			 Coventry Teaching PCT 20,937 
			 Croydon PCT 21,655 
			 Cumbria PCT 14,127 
			 Darlington PCT 3,804 
			 Derby City PCT 14,551 
			 Derbyshire County PCT 24,185 
			 Devon PCT 46,442 
			 Doncaster PCT 15,069 
			 Dorset PCT 12,387 
			 Dudley PCT 15,204 
			 Ealing PCT 23,550 
			 East Lancashire Teaching PCT 18,031 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 9,767 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 14,114 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 25,852 
			 Enfield PCT 18,563 
			 Gateshead PCT 6,974 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 20,761 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT 7,587 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 23,537 
			 Halton and St Helens PCT 11,771 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 8,642 
			 Hampshire PCT 56,686 
			 Haringey Teaching PCT 18,571 
			 Harrow PCT 13,583 
			 Hartlepool PCT 4,269 
			 Hastings and Rother PCT 8,340 
		
	
	
		
			 Havering PCT 10,441 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 21,446 
			 Herefordshire PCT 6,580 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 12,144 
			 Hillingdon PCT 13,780 
			 Hounslow PCT 17,213 
			 Hull PCT 14,345 
			 Isle of Wight NHS PCT 3,889 
			 Islington PCT 14,430 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 5,820 
			 Kingston PCT 11,027 
			 Kirklees PCT 23,614 
			 Knowsley PCT 8,447 
			 Lambeth PCT 25,277 
			 Leeds PCT 38,691 
			 Leicester City PCT 24,278 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 31,093 
			 Lewisham PCT 22,412 
			 Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 27,031 
			 Liverpool PCT 24,515 
			 Luton Teaching PCT 14,058 
			 Manchester PCT 26,811 
			 Medway PCT 11,985 
			 Mid Essex PCT 15,283 
			 Middlesbrough PCT 7,918 
			 Milton Keynes PCT 14,019 
			 Newcastle PCT 4,905 
			 Newham PCT 27,048 
			 Norfolk PCT 27,988 
			 North East Essex PCT 14,793 
			 North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus PCT 5,552 
			 North Lancashire Teaching PCT 7,299 
			 North Lincolnshire PCT 8,110 
			 North Somerset PCT 8,243 
			 North Staffordshire PCT 5,145 
			 Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT 9,349 
			 North Tyneside PCT 20,235 
			 North Yorkshire and York PCT 29,365 
			 Northamptonshire Teaching PCT 34,670 
			 Northumberland Care PCT 9,696 
			 Nottingham City PCT 13,368 
			 Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT 27,103 
			 Oldham PCT 11,557 
			 Oxfordshire PCT 29,836 
			 Peterborough PCT 9,532 
			 Plymouth Teaching PCT 9,713 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 9,270 
			 Redbridge PCT 14,774 
			 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 6,202 
			 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 10,706 
			 Rotherham PCT 14,059 
			 Salford PCT 14,805 
			 Sandwell PCT 16,122 
			 Sefton PCT 10,555 
			 Sheffield PCT 38,045 
			 Shropshire County PCT 9,315 
			 Somerset PCT 23,002 
			 South Birmingham PCT 18,870 
			 South East Essex PCT 15,673 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 9,898 
		
	
	
		
			 South Staffordshire PCT 31,071 
			 South Tyneside PCT 4,361 
			 South West Essex PCT 21,962 
			 Southampton City PCT 16,944 
			 Southwark PCT 24,634 
			 Stockport PCT H410 
			 Stoke on Trent PCT 12,655 
			 Suffolk PCT 39,586 
			 Sunderland Teaching PCT 9,718 
			 Surrey PCT 50,717 
			 Sutton and Merton PCT 21,331 
			 Swindon PCT 9,387 
			 Tameside and Glossop PCT 13,583 
			 Telford and Wrekin PCT 7,676 
			 Torbay Care PCT 6,886 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 15,850 
			 Trafford PCT 17,792 
			 Wakefield District PCT 20,779 
			 Walsall Teaching PCT 15,808 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 16,738 
			 Wandsworth PCT 20,939 
			 Warrington PCT 6,714 
			 Warwickshire PCT 21,545 
			 West Essex PCT 13,018 
			 West Kent PCT 27,952 
			 West Sussex PCT 34,251 
			 Western Cheshire PCT 17,428 
		
	
	
		
			 Westminster PCT 8,417 
			 Wiltshire PCT 20,975 
			 Wirral PCT 17,523 
			 Wolverhampton City PCT 13,292 
			 Worcestershire PCT 24,209 
			 Hertfordshire PCT 55,973 
			 Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus PCT 8,390 
			 Solihull PCT 9,512 
			 Source: Department of Health Annual Report and Accounts

Mental Health Services

Graham Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent per capita on community mental health care in each primary care trust area for the latest year for which figures are available.

Norman Lamb: The following tables set out the spend per head on mental health for each primary care trust, as reported through the 2010-11 Programme Budgeting data collection. Programme budgeting is the analysis of national health service expenditure on specific health care services, one of which is mental health. The 2010-11 analysis of expenditure by setting includes 'Community Care', which is defined as 'Care delivered outside of a hospital and within, local communities'.
	
		
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			 PCT name Total gross expenditure Community care Prevention and health promotion Health and social care provided in other setting GP, dental and ophthalmic Primary prescribing and pharma services In-p atient: Elective and d ay case 
			 Newcastle PCT 302.16 64.13 2.26 50.37 0.00 26.56 108.05 
			 Gateshead PCT 215.48 53.82 0.02 28.66 10.72 22.11 2.59 
			 Middlesbrough PCT 222.00 53.66 6.84 66.82 0.00 27.42 0.00 
			 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 187.27 49.51 7.28 43.51 0.00 21.59 0.00 
			 Hartlepool PCT 205.54 46.08 0.66 77.07 0.00 18.54 0.00 
			 North Tyneside PCT 214.44 43.39 1.01 40.41 0.00 21.70 55.48 
			 Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT 200.55 43.16 4.32 78.64 0.00 20.72 0.00 
			 South Tyneside PCT 251.74 40.97 0.01 58.55 2.62 19.97 84.46 
			 Sunderland Teaching PCT 304.78 28.80 0.06 45.11 0.04 19.49 0.08 
			 Northumberland Care Trust 186.00 17.58 0.23 74.02 0.00 21.01 41.54 
			 County Durham PCT 184.74 5.53 1.56 16.99 0.00 18.27 0.14 
			 Darlington PCT 178.15 2.89 0.36 29.64 0.00 25.03 0.23 
			 Blackpool PCT 230.16 119.98 0.08 22.27 1.14 26.68 36.06 
			 Blackburn with Darwen Teaching PCT 206.73 75.40 19.28 7.93 0.00 18.80 65.59 
			 Knowsley PCT 178.76 60.80 0.37 27.78 0.00 20.42 44.61 
			 Liverpool PCT 237.07 59.41 3.15 38.94 0.00 20.43 2.03 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 117.00 57.47 0.31 0.00 0.00 19.97 17.06 
			 North Lancashire PCT 227.92 52.87 0.23 69.77 0.00 22.98 0.02 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 195.05 50.85 0.22 20.25 0.47 23.73 14.25 
			 Halton and St. Helens PCT 177.03 45.84 0.86 25.47 0.00 20.08 23.78 
			 Central Lancashire PCT 211.77 45.50 2.38 44.23 2.63 18.83 37.23 
			 Warrington PCT 202.56 41.63 3.43 73.20 0.00 19.30 0.29 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 151.18 36.50 0.77 32.70 0.00 22.07 24.84 
			 Oldham PCT 192.09 22.78 0.92 15.96 0.35 21.03 0.07 
			 Cumbria PCT 203.33 12.97 2.83 135.76 0.00 23.05 1.72 
			 Manchester PCT 240.85 8.66 0.00 17.67 0.00 22.47 0.03 
			 Western Cheshire PCT 208.33 7.15 0.04 45.70 0.00 19.36 0.10 
			 Tameside and Glossop PCT 181.28 6.70 1.17 28.96 0.00 19.52 0.10 
			 Stockport PCT 183.92 6.26 0.57 30.41 0.00 24.41 0.07 
		
	
	
		
			 Sefton PCT 195.06 6.18 4.27 39.25 0.42 20.31 0.06 
			 Wirral PCT 203.48 4.64 5.22 24.72 0.12 23.69 0.12 
			 Bolton PCT 115.83 2.76 0.46 0.00 0.00 22.21 0.04 
			 Salford Teaching PCT 225.99 2.63 18.76 17.15 0.00 21.28 1.18 
			 Trafford PCT 182.13 2.09 1.58 25.61 0.00 23.05 0.01 
			 East Lancashire PCT 197.26 1.62 0.00 31.86 0.12 20.39 37.00 
			 Bury PCT 180.27 0.00 0.46 7.69 0.02 21.90 67.91 
			 Leeds PCT 186.19 64.90 0.36 5.40 0.00 18.78 74.05 
			 Hull Teaching PCT 178.50 61.22 0.98 46.31 0.00 19.74 37.29 
			 Sheffield PCT 258.72 57.29 0.48 67.71 0.08 22.22 42.16 
			 Calderdale PCT 195.07 57.04 0.57 78.50 0.00 19.75 0.05 
			 Barnsley PCT 311.85 52.54 0.23 158.72 0.00 20.55 0.06 
			 Kirklees PCT 176.91 47.38 11.68 44.60 0.34 19.37 6.15 
			 Rotherham PCT 207.47 42.95 1.45 6.01 0.57 18.40 0.19 
			 North East Lincolnshire PCT 205.44 36.13 0.43 34.73 0.00 19.80 0.07 
			 North Yorkshire and York PCT 195.14 25.77 1.29 79.03 0.00 18.03 0.12 
			 Wakefield District PCT 205.17 22.67 10.60 14.13 0.00 18.56 0.32 
			 Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 219.96 18.75 0.41 47.83 0.00 18.47 0.05 
			 Doncaster PCT 226.78 8.34 0.07 26.62 0.00 18.01 0.12 
			 North Lincolnshire PCT 180.20 2.25 0.08 0.69 0.00 19.05 0.04 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 141.38 0.31 9.27 60.13 0.00 17.17 0.13 
			 Derby City PCT 266.00 62.65 0.00 75.16 0.00 17.97 22.52 
			 Leicester City Teaching PCT 211.70 53.54 2.10 67.24 0.04 18.31 51.21 
			 Bassetlaw PCT 153.76 48.90 0.00 11.81 2.65 20.62 0.22 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 183.34 36.72 0.32 71.38 0.19 16.48 0.07 
			 Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT 166.46 35.78 13.41 34.42 0.59 18.28 0.81 
			 Derbyshire County PCT 158.22 34.89 0.11 57.59 0.52 15.90 0.22 
			 Northamptonshire Teaching PCT 224.52 16.25 3.81 20.16 0.00 22.07 82.56 
			 Nottingham City PCT 228.97 13.90 0.23 22.21 0.00 13.41 78.62 
			 Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 161.84 0.32 2.05 118.42 0.06 20.07 0.66 
			 Telford and Wrekin PCT 199.65 103.61 3.98 26.28 0.47 18.07 3.05 
			 Coventry Teaching PCT 249.34 71.04 3.40 41.22 0.00 23.27 0.04 
			 Shropshire County PCT 188.66 69.30 4.99 36.72 0.66 19.82 26.37 
			 Walsall Teaching PCT 192.94 62.66 0.48 23.04 0.00 21.06 0.10 
			 South Birmingham PCT 232.67 58.72 0.47 27.10 0.09 16.20 60.34 
			 Birmingham East and North PCT 224.06 57.04 0.23 49.75 0.01 14.78 32.55 
			 Sandwell PCT 271.47 56.92 15.97 67.00 0.00 15.25 0.12 
			 Wolverhampton City PCT 203.29 54.74 0.00 76.63 0.00 15.49 0.26 
			 Dudley PCT 170.37 54.57 1.85 16.11 0.20 16.96 0.16 
			 Herefordshire PCT 251.88 49.69 0.29 76.07 0.20 16.37 26.09 
			 Solihull Care Trust 175.31 45.26 11.65 23.37 0.00 16.37 0.09 
			 North Staffordshire PCT 204.47 41.78 0.63 61.38 0.00 20.98 27.52 
			 Worcestershire PCT 204.51 29.86 0.40 123.11 0.00 19.21 0.87 
			 Stoke on Trent Teaching PCT 97.85 9.94 12.03 30.91 0.00 21.49 0.06 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 296.63 9.50 0.26 56.42 0.12 16.44 0.07 
			 South Staffordshire PCT 165.47 6.04 0.20 45.44 0.69 17.00 6.04 
			 Warwickshire PCT 226.28 0.80 0.10 172.60 0.00 16.67 0.06 
			 Peterborough PCT 233.12 129.06 29.55 17.59 0.02 23.38 0.05 
			 Cambridgeshire PCT 193.78 110.95 11.98 24.86 0.00 19.69 7.02 
			 Luton Teaching PCT 182.11 56.17 0.00 18.72 0.00 15.58 0.13 
			 South East Essex PCT 196.72 55.95 0.13 37.80 0.00 18.34 0.11 
			 West Essex PCT 186.77 43.57 0.27 4.06 0.06 18.20 0.00 
			 Mid Essex PCT 166.27 27.80 0.00 52.05 0.00 21.92 0.03 
			 North East Essex PCT 171.90 24.68 12.08 36.84 0.00 20.62 49.17 
			 Norfolk PCT 199.06 23.25 0.07 22.24 0.08 22.86 0.33 
			 South West Essex Teaching PCT 174.30 13.85 7.00 33.31 0.00 17.73 53.77 
			 Bedfordshire PCT 152.17 9.12 1.72 31.14 0.00 18.26 0.74 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney Teaching PCT 199.81 7.08 1.63 16.42 0.20 19.81 0.02 
			 Hertfordshire PCT 172.00 5.81 0.15 138.63 0.00 15.51 0.12 
			 Suffolk PCT 174.97 0.80 0.01 0.06 0.28 21.02 0.06 
			 Barking and Dagenham PCT 353.87 265.82 0.00 33.87 0.00 15.41 8.01 
		
	
	
		
			 Islington PCT 409.91 249.95 0.65 18.49 0.13 14.93 3.95 
			 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 377.64 184.76 0.00 21.50 0.00 15.04 0.88 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 234.55 171.07 0.14 7.93 0.00 14.95 0.07 
			 Camden PCT 332.52 165.11 0.88 21.24 0.38 13.25 3.23 
			 Haringey Teaching PCT 307.98 136.52 0.00 32.82 0.00 13.98 4.56 
			 Bexley PCT 190.49 124.97 0.05 44.44 0.02 13.47 0.46 
			 Westminster PCT 447.21 123.31 1.40 12.42 0.00 15.65 6.66 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 161.17 113.09 0.19 25.17 0.21 14.33 0.69 
			 Barnet PCT 217.09 106.07 0.22 16.40 0.00 16.82 3.04 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 252.25 105.27 0.06 19.62 0.00 15.56 0.19 
			 Havering PCT 179.91 99.96 0.00 26.50 0.00 16.58 0.02 
			 Wandsworth PCT 332.67 94.17 0.96 51.52 0.00 13.36 92.40 
			 Newham PCT 208.93 92.76 0.00 18.47 0.00 13.00 0.48 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 331.81 83.96 9.88 48.27 0.74 3.60 4.14 
			 Enfield PCT 238.67 83.73 0.07 21.87 0.00 13.48 2.99 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 314.21 78.97 9.33 38.12 0.15 15.75 2.58 
			 Harrow PCT 231.83 45.79 11.78 45.88 0.00 16.08 52.08 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 217.30 45.69 16.47 18.39 0.00 13.20 0.12 
			 Croydon PCT 206.24 38.90 0.05 53.58 1.19 11.55 0.08 
			 Lambeth PCT 352.15 26.84 0.49 2.41 3.38 13.88 0.17 
			 Ealing PCT 274.68 23.91 0.25 7.50 0.00 12.88 0.41 
			 Kingston PCT 226.71 7.49 1.55 0.25 0.78 15.30 0.03 
			 Southwark PCT 240.88 7.13 0.16 10.40 0.00 9.91 0.93 
			 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 48.01 6.55 0.00 5.11 0.00 19.46 0.26 
			 Bromley PCT 194.46 2.94 0.19 17.09 0.00 16.32 0.57 
			 Hounslow PCT 219.07 1.92 0.08 14.17 0.00 15.35 0.70 
			 Hillingdon PCT 153.34 0.00 0.35 13.05 0.00 14.30 0.30 
			 Lewisham PCT 310.55 0.00 0.36 59.86 0.00 16.35 2.02 
			 Redbridge PCT 194.74 0.00 1.76 5.48 0.00 15.48 0.09 
			 Sutton and Merton PCT 187.89 0.00 0.29 32.75 0.00 14.34 0.45 
			 Brighton and Hove City Teaching PCT 270.93 181.88 0.76 27.40 0.18 25.44 5.08 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 181.69 138.80 0.31 2.11 0.40 19.66 4.21 
			 Hastings and Rother PCT 180.64 131.42 0.47 1.69 0.63 24.26 8.66 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent Teaching PCT 198.16 90.94 0.13 74.10 0.79 17.23 3.46 
			 Surrey PCT 198.65 62.44 0.06 25.70 0.00 21.10 61.16 
			 Medway Teaching PCT 214.53 48.68 0.04 59.50 0.00 18.32 6.56 
			 West Sussex Teaching PCT 161.06 10.94 0.19 114.98 0.78 20.62 3.95 
			 West Kent PCT 189.55 10.45 2.62 19.44 0.00 19.80 0.23 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 273.65 167.09 4.11 37.93 0.29 20.75 0.01 
			 Hampshire PCT 196.90 90.37 1.18 11.98 0.00 31.24 0.04 
			 Southampton City PCT 231.89 67.41 0.11 55.83 0.00 21.86 0.77 
			 Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT 273.84 58.52 0.08 64.88 0.00 21.88 30.07 
			 Milton Keynes PCT 190.72 54.09 0.36 31.75 0.00 14.87 0.04 
			 Buckinghamshire PCT 185.54 7.58 10.97 25.49 0.00 15.53 86.01 
			 Oxfordshire PCT 215.90 6.44 13.38 29.23 0.00 20.03 112.85 
			 Berkshire West PCT 199.55 0.45 11.08 22.19 0.00 16.56 0.13 
			 Berkshire East Teaching PCT 213.33 0.00 £0.20 56.85 0.00 16.98 0.08 
			 Dorset PCT 198.24 74.80 0.00 66.77 0.00 16.86 15.99 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 212.73 71.93 6.37 25.70 0.08 20.30 7.18 
			 Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT 233.64 64.45 6.80 51.00 0.00 19.00 55.43 
			 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 205.50 59.26 0.38 56.70 1.98 20.43 0.03 
			 Plymouth Teaching PCT 226.13 55.48 13.00 39.92 1.31 21.88 7.19 
			 Torbay Care Trust 214.38 52.14 2.91 57.74 0.00 19.54 0.26 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 193.67 50.33 1.36 56.45 0.63 16.52 33.06 
			 North Somerset PCT 130.09 50.22 13.44 3.72 0.00 18.17 27.88 
			 Devon PCT 190.43 47.14 0.37 27.06 0.00 16.49 23.91 
			 Wiltshire PCT 165.71 45.89 9.43 23.89 0.26 16.62 41.37 
			 Somerset PCT 169.94 41.28 0.50 41.24 0.00 16.81 48.63 
			 Swindon PCT 204.05 33.72 0.32 28.96 0.00 19.05 0.09 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 154.67 10.02 1.52 18.29 4.46 16.72 0.02 
			 Bristol Teaching PCT £317.53 0.00 20.19 134.22 0.00 20.47 41.21 
		
	
	
		
			         
			 Aggregate PCT 194.46 2.94 0.19 17.09 0.00 16.32 0.57 
		
	
	
		
			 £ 
			 PCT name In-patient: Non-elective Out-patient Other secondary care Ambulance A&E (including MIU and WIC) Non-health/social care 
			 Newcastle PCT 0.43 34.33 8.86 0.10 0.25 6.83 
			 Gateshead PCT 67.87 7.04 8.98 0.12 0.24 13.31 
			 Middlesbrough PCT 0.00 0.00 57.29 0.11 0.31 9.56 
			 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 0.00 0.00 56.88 0.10 0.19 8.22 
			 Hartlepool PCT 0.00 0.00 54.78 0.11 0.35 7.94 
			 North Tyneside PCT 0.61 17.22 33.99 0.10 0.26 0.28 
			 Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT 0.00 0.00 48.27 0.10 0.29 5.05 
			 South Tyneside PCT 0.42 3.56 30.31 0.13 0.31 10.42 
			 Sunderland Teaching PCT 0.43 0.00 200.39 0.12 0.27 9.99 
			 Northumberland Care Trust 0.44 24.52 3.77 0.09 0.28 2.52 
			 County Durham PCT 1.74 0.03 122.89 0.63 0.52 16.42 
			 Darlington PCT 1.56 0.00 112.29 0.56 0.25 5.32 
			 Blackpool PCT 3.60 9.07 1.86 0.63 0.30 8.49 
			 Blackburn with Darwen Teaching PCT 0.49 0.03 8.84 0.69 0.29 9.38 
			 Knowsley PCT 0.22 0.00 16.03 0.55 0.49 7.50 
			 Liverpool PCT 39.01 8.85 56.26 0.67 0.28 8.04 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 1.77 0.00 15.47 0.45 0.32 4.18 
			 North Lancashire PCT 0.67 5.76 66.38 0.40 0.22 8.62 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 36.14 10.32 36.37 0.71 0.35 1.38 
			 Halton and St. Helens PCT 19.63 1.87 28.09 0.31 0.44 10.65 
			 Central Lancashire PCT 1.03 7.17 43.36 0.47 0.29 8.65 
			 Warrington PCT 0.40 0.00 53.14 0.72 0.37 10.06 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 2.82 6.09 15.71 0.71 0.31 8.66 
			 Oldham PCT 3.12 0.16 121.74 0.53 0.34 5.08 
			 Cumbria PCT 6.24 2.72 13.11 0.86 0.24 3.83 
			 Manchester PCT 3.40 0.08 173.17 0.67 0.33 14.38 
			 Western Cheshire PCT 36.35 0.00 89.21 0.52 0.34 9.56 
			 Tameside and Glossop PCT 2.80 0.18 113.15 0.62 0.31 7.78 
			 Stockport PCT 0.75 0.01 115.91 0.75 0.31 4.47 
			 Sefton PCT 0.31 0.00 109.78 0.63 0.31 13.53 
			 Wirral PCT 4.64 0.05 121.53 0.86 0.36 17.54 
			 Bolton PCT 0.25 85.21 0.00 0.63 0.23 4.04 
			 Salford Teaching PCT 63.73 56.86 32.21 0.70 0.35 11.13 
			 Trafford PCT 0.77 0.00 121.37 0.61 0.35 6.70 
			 East Lancashire PCT 0.80 56.04 39.30 0.59 0.22 9.32 
			 Bury PCT 42.59 8.25 7.73 0.68 0.52 22.52 
			 Leeds PCT 1.79 12.00 0.51 0.79 0.30 7.30 
			 Hull Teaching PCT 0.51 0.15 0.07 0.55 0.34 11.35 
			 Sheffield PCT 1.00 20.35 41.62 0.71 0.30 4.80 
			 Calderdale PCT 29.75 0.00 0.27 0.76 0.42 7.97 
			 Barnsley PCT 5.43 4.64 62.21 0.68 0.30 6.49 
			 Kirklees PCT 26.79 0.00 13.72 0.71 0.28 5.89 
			 Rotherham PCT 6.18 43.93 80.14 0.48 0.28 6.90 
			 North East Lincolnshire PCT 0.19 0.00 107.99 0.52 0.24 5.34 
			 North Yorkshire and York PCT 3.69 6.33 57.47 0.61 0.30 2.49 
			 Wakefield District PCT 1.83 0.00 122.93 0.51 0.31 13.32 
			 Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 4.34 0.00 120.13 0.57 0.27 9.13 
			 Doncaster PCT 0.33 0.08 165.69 0.53 0.35 6.65 
			 North Lincolnshire PCT 0.11 0.00 150.82 0.39 0.27 6.51 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 2.35 46.97 0.12 0.77 0.22 3.95 
			 Derby City PCT 3.92 0.40 71.23 0.56 0.31 11.27 
			 Leicester City Teaching PCT 4.33 5.28 0.01 0.61 0.24 8.79 
			 Bassetlaw PCT 0.26 5.14 53.36 0.50 0.25 10.05 
		
	
	
		
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 2.92 0.01 47.25 0.41 0.23 7.36 
			 Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT 5.06 3.80 48.00 0.48 0.23 5.60 
			 Derbyshire County PCT 34.16 6.08 5.13 0.48 0.23 2.91 
			 Northamptonshire Teaching PCT 4.91 1.94 61.86 0.46 0.23 10.27 
			 Nottingham City PCT 3.48 80.12 1.06 0.77 0.23 14.97 
			 Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 0.41 1.17 13.37 0.41 0.24 4.67 
			 Telford and Wrekin PCT 0.84 0.01 37.23 0.57 0.35 5.20 
			 Coventry Teaching PCT 52.60 9.06 40.69 0.54 0.34 7.15 
			 Shropshire County PCT 0.84 3.24 23.55 0.59 0.29 2.28 
			 Walsall Teaching PCT 48.23 6.51 24.87 0.53 0.32 5.15 
			 South Birmingham PCT 2.41 9.73 49.22 0.52 0.26 7.60 
			 Birmingham East and North PCT 2.94 4.93 32.10 0.51 0.35 28.87 
			 Sandwell PCT 1.12 0.00 69.91 0.50 0.30 44.40 
			 Wolverhampton City PCT 2.99 0.00 41.42 0.55 0.23 10.98 
			 Dudley PCT 0.67 5.44 68.32 0.46 0.25 5.38 
			 Herefordshire PCT 42.66 6.56 28.23 0.60 0.27 4.85 
			 Solihull Care Trust 3.35 5.81 61.45 0.56 0.25 7.15 
			 North Staffordshire PCT 1.81 0.09 43.02 0.53 0.21 6.53 
			 Worcestershire PCT 1.35 0.00 24.91 0.59 0.27 3.94 
			 Stoke on Trent Teaching PCT 4.29 0.00 15.07 0.50 0.93 2.62 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 1.67 0.00 199.40 0.72 0.35 11.69 
			 South Staffordshire PCT 2.55 0.00 80.37 0.04 0.31 6.79 
			 Warwickshire PCT 2.21 0.01 24.98 0.56 0.29 8.01 
			 Peterborough PCT 0.22 0.00 22.42 0.83 0.23 9.77 
			 Cambridgeshire PCT 0.67 0.00 15.99 0.61 0.21 1.80 
			 Luton Teaching PCT 0.31 0.00 83.14 0.77 0.20 7.10 
			 South East Essex PCT 0.65 0.00 75.64 0.63 0.57 6.90 
			 West Essex PCT 63.47 2.17 47.91 0.69 0.31 6.06 
			 Mid Essex PCT 33.20 3.18 19.87 0.60 0.22 7.39 
			 North East Essex PCT 8.74 10.73 £4.95 0.58 0.18 3.33 
			 Norfolk PCT 2.03 0.00 122.24 0.75 0.17 5.03 
			 South West Essex Teaching PCT 0.50 0.00 36.81 0.70 0.26 10.37 
			 Bedfordshire PCT 1.27 0.74 83.34 0.73 0.28 4.82 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney Teaching PCT 0.44 0.00 143.41 0.55 0.32 9.92 
			 Hertfordshire PCT 4.20 4.29 0.24 0.51 0.36 2.19 
			 Suffolk PCT 4.63 0.00 143.18 0.56 0.26 4.10 
			 Barking and Dagenham PCT 1.23 0.00 0.02 0.68 0.33 28.50 
			 Islington PCT 66.36 0.39 17.02 0.75 0.99 36.30 
			 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 82.30 0.60 51.04 1.01 0.42 20.09 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 0.58 0.00 30.25 0.91 0.26 8.40 
			 Camden PCT 60.86 1.44 10.91 0.84 0.76 53.62 
			 Haringey Teaching PCT 79.73 8.67 11.85 0.73 0.97 18.15 
			 Bexley PCT 2.96 0.00 0.34 0.41 0.20 3.17 
			 Westminster PCT 200.31 74.18 7.15 1.01 0.47 4.65 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 0.95 0.00 0.22 0.74 0.28 5.30 
			 Barnet PCT 44.02 7.87 3.46 0.64 0.90 17.65 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 52.28 0.13 43.37 0.56 0.43 14.77 
			 Havering PCT 0.32 0.00 30.60 0.42 0.28 5.23 
			 Wandsworth PCT 13.57 34.92 18.81 0.73 0.61 11.63 
			 Newham PCT 44.92 0.23 26.34 0.53 0.52 11.69 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 132.52 29.71 11.12 0.57 0.47 6.83 
			 Enfield PCT 91.59 4.93 4.09 0.63 1.31 13.99 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 73.79 17.58 69.81 0.87 0.39 6.87 
			 Harrow PCT 5.80 22.53 20.57 0.51 0.32 10.48 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 106.55 3.64 2.58 0.49 0.40 9.78 
			 Croydon PCT 0.59 0.00 94.70 0.77 0.24 4.60 
			 Lambeth PCT 0.45 0.00 296.22 0.88 0.40 7.02 
			 Ealing PCT 4.06 0.03 221.13 0.59 0.44 3.48 
			 Kingston PCT 0.37 0.00 194.44 0.65 0.29 5.55 
			 Southwark PCT 0.71 0.13 194.75 0.76 0.45 15.54 
			 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 0.51 0.00 15.16 0.61 0.37 0.00 
		
	
	
		
			 Bromley PCT 64.75 73.19 6.67 0.55 0.33 11.86 
			 Hounslow PCT 2.15 0.04 178.02 0.64 0.36 5.66 
			 Hillingdon PCT 3.14 0.07 118.94 0.82 0.40 1.96 
			 Lewisham PCT 22.53 0.00 195.69 0.84 0.41 12.49 
			 Redbridge PCT 0.81 0.00 157.28 0.52 0.53 12.79 
			 Sutton and Merton PCT 4.50 0.02 124.83 0.63 0.34 9.74 
			 Brighton and Hove City Teaching PCT 2.47 0.08 9.87 0.91 0.37 16.50 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 1.14 4.15 0.05 0.52 0.24 10.10 
			 Hastings and Rother PCT 2.20 8.61 0.05 0.52 0.33 1.79 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent Teaching PCT 0.00 0.04 2.81 0.54 0.23 7.90 
			 Surrey PCT 5.09 11.47 0.09 0.60 0.38 10.56 
			 Medway Teaching PCT 17.81 27.06 6.86 0.56 0.26 28.90 
			 West Sussex Teaching PCT 0.75 0.01 0.00 2.68 0.09 6.06 
			 West Kent PCT 3.55 2.04 127.98 0.43 0.31 2.71 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 2.47 0.01 30.23 0.72 0.34 9.69 
			 Hampshire PCT 0.25 28.72 24.41 0.40 0.25 8.07 
			 Southampton City PCT 2.51 0.04 76.72 0.36 0.32 5.96 
			 Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT 3.08 19.01 69.73 0.28 0.21 6.10 
			 Milton Keynes PCT 1.87 0.04 85.74 0.65 0.29 1.02 
			 Buckinghamshire PCT 0.63 0.00 35.77 0.40 0.29 2.86 
			 Oxfordshire PCT 0.74 0.00 27.07 0.39 0.16 5.62 
			 Berkshire West PCT 60.18 0.01 80.00 0.38 0.23 8.34 
			 Berkshire East Teaching PCT 38.75 57.62 36.49 0.73 0.42 5.21 
			 Dorset PCT 0.59 1.98 16.93 0.41 0.20 3.70 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 2.02 0.25 72.92 0.47 0.23 5.28 
			 Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT 0.69 11.07 20.36 0.35 0.22 4.26 
			 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 0.53 0.00 56.04 0.74 0.33 9.10 
			 Plymouth Teaching PCT 38.37 1.95 43.97 0.43 0.26 2.38 
			 Torbay Care Trust 0.18 5.51 69.17 0.54 0.32 6.06 
			 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 13.38 0.21 15.42 0.40 0.21 5.72 
			 North Somerset PCT 4.16 0.00 10.40 0.38 0.53 1.17 
			 Devon PCT 3.84 2.40 65.71 0.41 0.29 2.81 
			 Wiltshire PCT 1.51 5.11 20.21 0.51 0.29 0.62 
			 Somerset PCT 0.73 6.05 9.59 0.55 0.28 4.27 
			 Swindon PCT 5.53 1.13 110.51 0.39 0.25 4.10 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 55.41 40.88 3.99 0.38 0.23 2.74 
			 Bristol Teaching PCT 6.05 0.27 85.91 0.46 0.31 8.46 
			        
			 Aggregate PCT 64.75 73.19 6.67 0.55 0.33 11.86

Midwives

Nick de Bois: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many live births per full time equivalent midwife there were in each trust in England in the latest year for which figures are available.

Daniel Poulter: This information is not collected in the format requested. Information regarding live births by strategic health authority region in 2011 is set out in the following table.
	
		
			 NHS hospital and community health services: number of live births per registered midwife in England 2011 by strategic health authority area 
			  Number 
			 England 33.5 
			   
			 North East Strategic Health Authority area 28.9 
			 North West Strategic Health Authority area 30.5 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority area 31.7 
			 East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 36.9 
			 West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 33.1 
			 East of England Strategic Health Authority area 36.4 
			 London Strategic Health Authority area 33.8 
			 South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area 33.6 
			 South Central South West Strategic Health Authority area 32.7 
			 Strategic Health Authority area 39.6 
			 Notes: 1. Figures are calculated on the full time equivalent number of registered midwives as at 30 September 2011. 2. Figures are rounded to one decimal place. Data Quality: The Health and Social Care Information Centre seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Sources: 1. Health and Social Care Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census 2. Office for National Statistics, Births by site 2011

NHS: Reorganisation

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what steps he is taking to limit the number of redundancies in the NHS due to clinical commissioning groups and commissioning support units deciding to employ staff and buy services from outside the NHS;
	(2)  what steps he is taking to ensure that the current reorganisation of the NHS does not result in a disproportionately negative outcome for staff in (a) the North West, (b) the North East and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber;
	(3)  if he will make it his policy that staff employed in primary care trusts in the northern regions who may be made redundant should be considered for employment by clinical commissioning groups and commissioning support units before those organisations recruit externally;
	(4)  what assessment he has made of the extent to which effort is being made to redeploy existing NHS staff within the new structure.

Daniel Poulter: There is no evidence that clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and commissioning support units (CSUs) have decided to buy services from outside the national health service. The expectation is that the majority of primary care trust (PCT) and strategic health authority (SHA) staff will be transferred into the new system and being mainly employed by NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB), CCGs and CSUs.
	The national agreement for the filling of posts in new organisations requires staff at risk to be given priority consideration for vacancies over staff in the wider NHS or outside the NHS. It is only after staff at risk of redundancy have been considered that a vacancy can be advertised to staff in the wider NHS and then to open competition.
	An analysis has been undertaken of the distribution of posts in the NHSCB, CCGs and CSUs and there is nothing to suggest that there is any disproportionate variation in the spread of posts throughout the country. We are however aware that West Midlands, the North East and the North West have, higher numbers of staff in PCTs and SHAs when compared to other parts of the NHS.
	The process of appointing staff to the new organisations is ongoing and we expect every effort to be made by NHS employers to avoid the loss of staff and valuable skills and experience through redundancy. As per Section 16 of Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of Service, NHS employers have a responsibility before making a member of staff redundant to seek suitable alternative employment (SAE) for that person, either in their own organisation or through arrangements with another NHS employer.
	Staff should also ensure that they are able to evidence their efforts to secure SAE as part of the redundancy process. Staff are not entitled to an NHS redundancy payment if they either unreasonably refuse to apply for or accept SAE with their own or another NHS employer within four weeks following their termination date.

Respiratory System: Diseases

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that priorities identified for improving patient outcomes for respiratory disease are enacted in the reformed NHS, without a strategic clinical network for respiratory disease.

Anna Soubry: It is for the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS CB) and local commissioners to determine how best they can improve outcomes in respiratory disease for local populations. The Government's mandate to the NHSCB asks it to ensure the NHS makes progress against all the outcomes in the NHS Outcomes Framework, which includes an indicator on reducing mortality from respiratory disease in under 75s.
	The NHS CB is currently establishing its work programme for 2013 and we are confident that it is aware of the need to support local commissioners in determining how best to secure those improvements and reduce variation in services for respiratory disease.

Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council

Ian Lavery: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he has taken to ensure sufficient and appropriate provision for independent oversight of the administrative justice system following the proposed abolition of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.

Helen Grant: The Ministry of Justice provides policy oversight of the administrative justice system and tribunals. Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service oversees and manages the performance of tribunals. The Ministry of Justice has convened an advisory group formed of the organisations who work with users of the administrative justice system, to help ensure that policy has a user focus.
	Given the developments that have been made in the administrative justice system and the oversight that already exists, the Government believes that there is no compelling case to maintain an independent oversight body.

Offences against Children

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has any plans to review the restrictions placed on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority awarding compensation to victims of child sexual abuse who were abused before October 1979.

Helen Grant: Parliament has recently passed the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 and the Government has no plans to review it at the present time.
	The so called 'same roof rule' was part of the original criminal injuries compensation scheme introduced in 1964, its purpose being to stop offenders benefiting from compensation paid to victims who lived with them. It was amended in October 1979 so that the restriction from that date only applied to adults who remained living together as a family after the incident, but this was not retrospective.
	The rule still therefore applies to certain cases from between 1964 and 1979, rendering ineligible for compensation an applicant who, at the time of the incident giving rise to the injury, was living with their assailant as a member of the same family. The Government recognises that this would affect some victims of abuse who were children at the time. However, the rule does not exclude from compensation those victims who were abused in an institutional or public setting such as a school, hospital or care home.
	The same roof rule has been a part of every criminal injuries compensation scheme since 1964, under all Administrations. In considering the changes to the scheme that were approved by Parliament earlier this month the Government did not think that it was right to make a retrospective change that would affect cases that arose over 30 years ago.
	Our reforms do, however, make two important changes that will benefit victims of sexual offences. They remove a provision which has applied since 1979 which prevented compensation being paid unless a prosecution had been brought or there were good reasons why a prosecution had not been brought. And, in applying the long-standing rule that an applicant should have reported the crime to the police as soon as reasonably possible, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority will in future take particular account of the impact of the crime on the applicant. This change is intended to ensure that applicants do not lose out where a delay in reporting a crime to the police was the result of the trauma caused by a sexual assault or some other serious offence.

Offenders

Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to enhance financial inclusion and capability for prisoners and ex-offenders.

Jeremy Wright: We recognise that access to bank accounts and other basic financial services can positively contribute to the rehabilitation of prisoners and their resettlement into society, and we are working closely across Departments and with banks to increase provision. In particular we have worked with UNLOCK and several of the major banks to increase provision through a number of pilots across the country and we are keen to continue to mainstream the offer across all prisons as part of business as usual.
	We have agreed some documentation with the banks which can be endorsed by governors and directors of prisons to ensure that the prisoners have the necessary ID approved by the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group to facilitate the opening of bank accounts. We are also working with the Money Advice Service as part of their scoping work to fulfil their statutory duty to provide financial advice, how they can provide 1:1 advice in prisons to increase capability. We are also working with BIS to look at how we can increase debt advice, and to explore other ways of educating prisoners and offenders more widely on financial management, including how we can increase the role of credit unions.

Offenders: Bank Services

Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners who have no bank account, excluding a Post Office card account, at the time of their imprisonment;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the proportion of people who have left prison without having access to a bank account, other than the Post Office card account in each of the last three years.

Jeremy Wright: Information on the number of offenders entering or leaving a prison who have a bank account is not routinely collected. A survey by the Legal Service Research Centre in 2007 reported that 40% of people in prison surveyed had no current account or other financial products. An evaluation by Liverpool John Moores University in 2008 found that 69% of prisoners at one prison had no bank account.
	We recognise that access to bank accounts and other basic financial services can positively contribute to the rehabilitation of prisoners and their resettlement into society, and we are working closely across Departments and with banks to increase provision.

Prisons: South Yorkshire

Caroline Flint: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what criteria were used to determine the shortlist for the competition for prison management for the Hatfield-Lindholme-Moorland cluster of prisons.

Jeremy Wright: Bids for all six lots within Prison Competitions Phase 2 were evaluated to determine the most economically advantageous having regard to both price and non-price criteria. The evaluation methodology was published to all bidders before submission of their bids and includes the detailed criteria.
	The high-level criteria and weightings are set out in the following table.
	
		
			 HMP/YOI Hatfield, HMP Lindholme, HMP/YOI Moorland 
			 Ref. Level 1 Section weighting (percentage) 
			 1 NOMS Custodial Service Specifications 10 
			 2 Custodial Services—Operational Resources 5 
			 3 Custodial Services—Whole Prison Approach 20 
			 4 Property and Facilities Management 10 
			 5 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Information Assurance (IA) 5 
			 6 Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation 10 
			 7 Prison Industries 20 
			 8 Legal/Commercial/Financial 20 
			  Total 100 
		
	
	These criteria were further broken down into a series of sub criteria. The criteria are fully set out in the evaluation booklet which was published to all bidders. I have placed a copy of the evaluation booklet in the Library of the House.

Re-offenders: North East

Bridget Phillipson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) men and (b) women in the Northumbria Probation Trust area in each age group subsequently reoffended in each of the last five years for which information is available; what the 10 most frequent offences committed by (i) men and (ii) women on probation within Northumbria Probation Trust were in each of the last five years in each age group; and if he will make a statement.

Jeremy Wright: Tables 1 and 2 present the number of adult (aged 18 or over) male and female offenders by age band that commenced a court order that was supervised by Northumbria Probation Trust in each of the years 2006 to 2010 (the latest calendar year available). Also presented are the number that re-offended in the one year follow up period, and proven re-offending rates (i.e. the proportion of the offenders who re-offended in a one year follow up period).
	It is not possible to provide the top 10 re-offences committed by offenders at any time while under probation supervision because the Ministry's re-offending data measure re-offending of offenders within 12 months of commencing a court order. This will not include all re-offences while under court order supervision because (a) some orders last less than 12 months so an offender may no longer be under supervision at the time of committing the re-offence; and (b) some court orders last more than 12 months and the re-offending measure will not pick up any re-offences committed in months 13 and beyond.
	Tables 3 and 4 provide the top 10 proven re-offences for male and female adult offenders by age band committed within 12 months of commencing a court order that was supervised by Northumbria Probation Trust in each year from 2006 to 2010.
	Proven re-offending is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period and receiving a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up period and a further six month waiting period to allow cases to progress through the courts.
	
		
			 Table 1: One year re-offending rate for males commencing a community sentence in Northumbria Probation Trust 2006-10 
			  Age band Number in cohort Number of re-offenders Re-offending rate 
			 2006 18 to 20 791 485 61.3 
			  21 to 24 754 427 56.6 
			  25 to 29 663 359 54.1 
			  30 to 34 472 233 49.4 
			  35 to 39 387 167 43.2 
			  40 to 44 272 71 26.1 
			  45 to 49 149 43 28.9 
			  50+ 143 34 23.8 
			  Total 3,631 1,819 50.1 
			      
			 2007 18 to 20 755 468 62.0 
			  21 to 24 807 416 51.5 
			  25 to 29 764 401 52.5 
			  30 to 34 501 221 44.1 
			  35 to 39 410 163 39.8 
			  40 to 44 298 109 36.6 
			  45 to 49 176 47 26.7 
			  50+ 155 38 24.5 
			  Total 3,866 1,863 48.2 
			      
			 2008 18 to 20 774 443 57.2 
			  21 to 24 854 443 51.9 
			  25 to 29 763 374 49.0 
			  30 to 34 496 239 48.2 
			  35 to 39 426 177 41.5 
			  40 to 44 319 117 36.7 
			  45 to 49 191 52 27.2 
			  50+ 186 41 22.0 
			  Total 4,009 1,886 47.0 
			      
			 2009 18 to 20 736 413 56.1 
			  21 to 24 859 439 51.1 
			  25 to 29 812 379 46.7 
			  30 to 34 530 257 48.5 
			  35 to 39 457 164 35.9 
			  40 to 44 342 121 35.4 
			  45 to 49 211 53 25.1 
			  50+ 222 47 21.2 
			  Total 4,169 1,873 44.9 
			      
			 2010 18 to 20 674 383 56.8 
			  21 to 24 862 432 50.1 
			  25 to 29 743 340 45.8 
			  30 to 34 523 236 45.1 
			  35 to 39 389 152 39.1 
		
	
	
		
			  40 to 44 310 103 33.2 
			  45 to 49 208 58 27.9 
			  50+ 226 44 19.5 
			  Total 3,935 1,748 44.4 
		
	
	
		
			 Table 2: One year re-offending rate for females commencing a community sentence in Northumbria Probation Trust 
			  Age band Number in cohort Number of re-offenders Re-offending rate 
			 2006 18 to 20 108 50 46.3 
			  21 to 24 121 54 44.6 
			  25 to 29 138 67 48.6 
			  30 to 34 74 26 35.1 
			  35 to 39 61 21 34.4 
			  40 to 44 56 23 41.1 
			  45 to 49 33 7 21.2 
			  50+ 32 6 18.8 
			  Total 623 254 40.8 
			      
			 2007 18 to 20 108 51 47.2 
			  21 to 24 124 59 47.6 
			  25 to 29 147 76 51.7 
			  30 to 34 95 38 40.0 
			  35 to 39 82 24 29.3 
			  40 to 44 58 22 37.9 
			  45 to 49 42 11 26.2 
			  50+ 36 9 25.0 
			  Total 692 290 41.9 
			      
			 2008 18 to 20 91 43 47.3 
			  21 to 24 147 73 49.7 
			  25 to 29 145 76 52.4 
			  30 to 34 100 37 37.0 
			  35 to 39 91 31 34.1 
			  40 to 44 72 18 25.0 
			  45 to 49 52 13 25.0 
			  50+ 41 9 22.0 
			  Total 739 300 40.6 
			      
			 2009 18 to 20 94 38 40.4 
			  21 to 24 136 64 47.1 
			  25 to 29 164 77 47.0 
			  30 to 34 112 48 42.9 
			  35 to 39 116 29 25.0 
			  40 to 44 92 23 25.0 
			  45 to 49 56 15 26.8 
			  50+ 48 10 20.8 
			  Total 818 304 37.2 
			      
			 2010 18 to 20 105 50 47.6 
			  21 to 24 126 60 47.6 
			  25 to 29 158 75 47.5 
			  30 to 34 128 52 40.6 
		
	
	
		
			  35 to 39 77 33 42.9 
			  40 to 44 69 22 31.9 
			  45 to 49 59 12 20.3 
			  50+ 54 5 9.3 
			  Total 776 309 39.8 
		
	
	
		
			 Top 10 re-offences committed by males commencing a court order in Northumbria Probation Trust, 2006-10 
			  2006 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Public Order or Riot 393 
			  Other Motoring Offences 317 
			  Theft 260 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 259 
			  Violence-non serious 193 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 162 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 88 
			  Drink Driving Offences 54 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 40 
			  Other Burglary 36 
			    
			 21 to 24 Public Order or Riot 290 
			  Theft 256 
			  Other Motoring Offences 212 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 195 
			  Violence-non serious 154 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 110 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 88 
			  Other Burglary 49 
			  Fraud and Forgery 31 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 22 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 307 
			  Other Motoring Offences 226 
			  Public Order or Riot 206 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 153 
			  Violence-non serious 138 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 85 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 80 
			  Theft from Vehicles 43 
			  Other Burglary 37 
			  Fraud and Forgery 37 
			    
			 30 to 34 Other Motoring Offences 171 
			  Theft 142 
			  Public Order or Riot 140 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 86 
			  Violence-non serious 72 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 63 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 43 
			  Other Burglary 20 
			  Drink Driving Offences 18 
		
	
	
		
			  Domestic Burglary 17 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 156 
			  Public Order or Riot 91 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 73 
			  Other Motoring Offences 72 
			  Violence-non serious 68 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 44 
			  Other Burglary 27 
			  Fraud and Forgery 24 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 19 
			  Drink Driving Offences 9 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 43 
			  Other Motoring Offences 42 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 31 
			  Public Order or Riot 30 
			  Violence-non serious 21 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 20 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 12 
			  Fraud and Forgery 9 
			  Drink Driving Offences 6 
			  Sexual 3 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 49 
			  Public Order or Riot 37 
			  Other Motoring Offences 31 
			  Fraud and Forgery 21 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 17 
			  Violence-non serious 10 
			  Drink Driving Offences 8 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 7 
			  Sexual 2 
			  Other Burglary 2 
			  Handling 2 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			    
			 50+ Theft 75 
			  Public Order or Riot 41 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 21 
			  Other Motoring Offences 12 
			  Violence-non serious 6 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 5 
			  Drink Driving Offences 2 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 2 
			  Violence-serious 1 
			  Sexual 1 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
		
	
	
		
			  2007 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Public Order or Riot 385 
			  Theft 260 
			  Other Motoring Offences 246 
			  Violence-non serious 212 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 189 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 185 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 63 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 43 
			  Theft from Vehicles 35 
			  Domestic Burglary 35 
			    
			 21 to 24 Public Order or Riot 315 
			  Theft 292 
			  Other Motoring Offences 231 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 168 
			  Violence-non serious 163 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 101 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 72 
			  Drink Driving Offences 33 
			  Theft from Vehicles 33 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 31 
			  Other Burglary 31 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 422 
			  Public Order or Riot 223 
			  Other Motoring Offences 172 
			  Violence-non serious 162 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 153 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 82 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 71 
			  Other Burglary 41 
			  Fraud and Forgery 33 
			  Domestic Burglary 31 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 200 
			  Public Order or Riot 114 
			  Other Motoring Offences 109 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 90 
			  Violence-non serious 83 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 58 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 36 
			  Other Burglary 24 
			  Theft from Vehicles 16 
			  Domestic Burglary 15 
			  Drink Driving Offences 15 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 177 
			  Other Motoring Offences 76 
			  Violence-non serious 70 
			  Public Order or Riot 62 
		
	
	
		
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 51 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 34 
			  Other Burglary 25 
			  Fraud and Forgery 18 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 15 
			  Domestic Burglary 13 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 111 
			  Public Order or Riot 73 
			  Other Motoring Offences 51 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 36 
			  Violence-non serious 33 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 19 
			  Other Burglary 11 
			  Drink Driving Offences 9 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 8 
			  Handling 6 
			  Domestic Burglary 6 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 59 
			  Public Order or Riot 30 
			  Other Motoring Offences 26 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 12 
			  Violence-non serious 11 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 7 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 6 
			  Drink Driving Offences 3 
			  Fraud and Forgery 2 
			  Other Burglary 2 
			    
			 50+ Theft 67 
			  Public Order or Riot 32 
			  Other Motoring Offences 15 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 13 
			  Violence-non serious 8 
			  Sexual (Child) 8 
			  Drink Driving Offences 4 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 3 
			  Sexual 2 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
		
	
	
		
			  2008 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Public Order or Riot 336 
			  Theft 253 
			  Violence-non serious 250 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 208 
			  Other Motoring Offences 201 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 125 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 79 
		
	
	
		
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 49 
			  Other Burglary 34 
			  Domestic Burglary 29 
			    
			 21 to 24 Theft 402 
			  Public Order or Riot 299 
			  Violence-non serious 190 
			  Other Motoring Offences 190 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 138 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 137 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 96 
			  Drink Driving Offences 36 
			  Fraud and Forgery 31 
			  Domestic Burglary 27 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 487 
			  Public Order or Riot 227 
			  Violence-non serious 131 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 130 
			  Other Motoring Offences 119 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 118 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 99 
			  Other Burglary 40 
			  Fraud and Forgery 32 
			  Domestic Burglary 28 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 310 
			  Public Order or Riot 157 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 99 
			  Violence-non serious 93 
			  Other Motoring Offences 88 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 79 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 43 
			  Handling 27 
			  Other Burglary 24 
			  Theft from Vehicles 19 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 183 
			  Public Order or Riot 127 
			  Violence-non serious 67 
			  Other Motoring Offences 52 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 45 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 41 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 33 
			  Fraud and Forgery 24 
			  Other Burglary 15 
			  Drink Driving Offences 11 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 149 
			  Public Order or Riot 96 
			  Violence-non serious 37 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 37 
		
	
	
		
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 29 
			  Other Motoring Offences 26 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 21 
			  Fraud and Forgery 11 
			  Drink Driving Offences 8 
			  Handling 7 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 49 
			  Public Order or Riot 45 
			  Violence-non serious 26 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 14 
			  Other Motoring Offences 10 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 10 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 9 
			  Drink Driving Offences 5 
			  Violence-serious 1 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 1 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
			    
			 50+ Theft 43 
			  Public Order or Riot 32 
			  Violence-non serious 20 
			  Other Motoring Offences 16 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 6 
			  Fraud and Forgery 5 
			  Other Burglary 3 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 3 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Handling 2 
		
	
	
		
			  2009 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Public Order or Riot 272 
			  Theft 211 
			  Violence-non serious 208 
			  Other Motoring Offences 165 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 148 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 116 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 73 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 55 
			  Domestic Burglary 44 
			  Other Burglary 36 
			    
			 21 to 24 Theft 304 
			  Public Order or Riot 269 
			  Violence-non serious 183 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 120 
			  Other Motoring Offences 112 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 97 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 82 
			  Other Burglary 26 
			  Fraud and Forgery 24 
		
	
	
		
			  Domestic Burglary 24 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 408 
			  Public Order or Riot 205 
			  Violence-non serious 145 
			  Other Motoring Offences 101 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 94 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 94 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 72 
			  Other Burglary 35 
			  Drink Driving Offences 26 
			  Fraud and Forgery 25 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 361 
			  Public Order or Riot 108 
			  Violence-non serious 92 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 77 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 75 
			  Other Motoring Offences 53 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 52 
			  Other Burglary 28 
			  Domestic Burglary 20 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 18 
			  Handling 18 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 191 
			  Public Order or Riot 75 
			  Violence-non serious 69 
			  Other Motoring Offences 44 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 42 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 39 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 30 
			  Other Burglary 18 
			  Fraud and Forgery 13 
			  Handling 11 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 147 
			  Public Order or Riot 98 
			  Violence-non serious 42 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 33 
			  Other Motoring Offences 27 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 26 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 16 
			  Drink Driving Offences 9 
			  Other Burglary 8 
			  Domestic Burglary 7 
			  Theft from Vehicles 7 
			    
			 45 to 49 Public Order or Riot 56 
			  Theft 34 
			  Violence-non serious 26 
			  Other Motoring Offences 13 
		
	
	
		
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 6 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 6 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 5 
			  Drink Driving Offences 3 
			  Sexual 2 
			  Fraud and Forgery 2 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 2 
			    
			 50+ Theft 67 
			  Public Order or Riot 38 
			  Violence-non serious 27 
			  Sexual 12 
			  Other Motoring Offences 10 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 4 
			  Other Burglary 4 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 3 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 3 
			  Drink Driving Offences 2 
			  Domestic Burglary 2 
		
	
	
		
			  2010 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Public Order or Riot 259 
			  Violence-non serious 225 
			  Theft 223 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 143 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 111 
			  Other Motoring Offences 94 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 75 
			  Fraud and Forgery 23 
			  Other Burglary 21 
			  Domestic Burglary 20 
			    
			 21 to 24 Theft 371 
			  Public Order or Riot 280 
			  Violence-non serious 238 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 128 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 114 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 98 
			  Other Motoring Offences 96 
			  Other Burglary 38 
			  Theft from Vehicles 31 
			  Domestic Burglary 21 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 345 
			  Public Order or Riot 186 
			  Violence-non serious 151 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 96 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 85 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 75 
			  Other Motoring Offences 73 
		
	
	
		
			  Other Burglary 37 
			  Theft from Vehicles 22 
			  Domestic Burglary 22 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 415 
			  Public Order or Riot 131 
			  Violence-non serious 104 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 72 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 67 
			  Other Motoring Offences 61 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 60 
			  Other Burglary 29 
			  Handling 17 
			  Theft from Vehicles 17 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 215 
			  Violence-non serious 62 
			  Public Order or Riot 62 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 38 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 33 
			  Other Motoring Offences 33 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 25 
			  Other Burglary 24 
			  Handling 13 
			  Domestic Burglary 12 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 150 
			  Public Order or Riot 68 
			  Violence-non serious 41 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 34 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 23 
			  Other Motoring Offences 19 
			  Other Burglary 13 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 10 
			  Handling 8 
			  Domestic Burglary 4 
			  Drink Driving Offences 4 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 59 
			  Public Order or Riot 30 
			  Violence-non serious 22 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 12 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 10 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 8 
			  Other Motoring Offences 5 
			  Fraud and Forgery 5 
			  Robbery 3 
			  Drink Driving Offences 2 
			    
			 50+ Theft 70 
			  Public Order or Riot 65 
		
	
	
		
			  Violence-non serious 27 
			  Other Motoring Offences 15 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 9 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 5 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 5 
			  Domestic Burglary 5 
			  Sexual 3 
			  Violence-serious 2 
		
	
	
		
			 Top 10 re-offences committed by females commencing a court order in Northumbria Probation Trust, 2006-10 
			  2006 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Theft 47 
			  Public Order or Riot 46 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 32 
			  Violence-non serious 25 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 19 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 13 
			  Other Motoring Offences 8 
			  Fraud and Forgery 3 
			  Handling 1 
			  Violence-serious 1 
			  Robbery 1 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			    
			 21 to 24 Theft 71 
			  Public Order or Riot 43 
			  Violence-non serious 32 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 29 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 13 
			  Other Motoring Offences 9 
			  Fraud and Forgery 6 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 5 
			  Handling 4 
			  Drink Driving Offences 2 
			  Robbery 2 
			  Domestic Burglary 2 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 2 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 139 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 34 
			  Public Order or Riot 32 
			  Violence-non serious 26 
			  Other Motoring Offences 18 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 17 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 11 
			  Fraud and Forgery 9 
			  Robbery 6 
			  Other Burglary 4 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 24 
		
	
	
		
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 12 
			  Public Order or Riot 12 
			  Other Motoring Offences 11 
			  Violence-non serious 5 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 4 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 1 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 1 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 18 
			  Public Order or Riot 11 
			  Other Motoring Offences 6 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 6 
			  Violence-non serious 4 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 31 
			  Public Order or Riot 20 
			  Fraud and Forgery 12 
			  Other Motoring Offences 10 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 9 
			  Violence-non serious 6 
			  Handling 5 
			  Drink Driving Offences 3 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 7 
			  Public Order or Riot 2 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 1 
			  Violence-non serious 1 
			    
			 50+ Public Order or Riot 8 
			  Theft 7 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 5 
			  Other Motoring Offences 2 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
		
	
	
		
			  2007 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Public Order or Riot 62 
			  Theft 59 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 28 
			  Violence-non serious 21 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 9 
		
	
	
		
			  Other Motoring Offences 7 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 5 
			  Fraud and Forgery 5 
			  Handling 1 
			    
			 21 to 24 Theft 90 
			  Public Order or Riot 40 
			  Violence-non serious 34 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 29 
			  Other Motoring Offences 12 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 10 
			  Fraud and Forgery 10 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 7 
			  Handling 2 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			  Robbery 1 
			  Domestic Burglary 1 
			  Theft from Vehicles 1 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 1 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 172 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 49 
			  Public Order or Riot 37 
			  Violence-non serious 25 
			  Other Motoring Offences 13 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 11 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 9 
			  Handling 4 
			  Fraud and Forgery 4 
			  Domestic Burglary 2 
			  Other Burglary 2 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 42 
			  Public Order or Riot 20 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 12 
			  Violence-non serious 11 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 9 
			  Fraud and Forgery 8 
			  Other Motoring Offences 8 
			  Violence-serious 3 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			  Other Burglary 2 
			  Drink Driving Offences 2 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 24 
			  Public Order or Riot 20 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 10 
			  Fraud and Forgery 7 
			  Violence-non serious 6 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 3 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 3 
		
	
	
		
			  Other Motoring Offences 2 
			  Drink Driving Offences 2 
			    
			 40 to 44 Public Order or Riot 18 
			  Theft 15 
			  Violence-non serious 9 
			  Other Motoring Offences 8 
			  Fraud and Forgery 6 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 4 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 1 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 8 
			  Public Order or Riot 8 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 4 
			  Violence-non serious 2 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 2 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 1 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 1 
			    
			 50+ Theft 13 
			  Public Order or Riot 8 
			  Violence-non serious 4 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 1 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 1 
		
	
	
		
			  2008 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Theft 63 
			  Public Order or Riot 45 
			  Violence-non serious 41 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 27 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 8 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 4 
			  Fraud and Forgery 3 
			  Handling 2 
			  Robbery 2 
			  Other Motoring Offences 1 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			  Sexual 1 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			    
			 21 to 24 Theft 112 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 50 
			  Public Order or Riot 46 
			  Violence-non serious 40 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 21 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 10 
			  Fraud and Forgery 10 
			  Other Motoring Offences 9 
		
	
	
		
			  Other Burglary 3 
			  Robbery 3 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 214 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 31 
			  Public Order or Riot 31 
			  Violence-non serious 27 
			  Fraud and Forgery 15 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 13 
			  Other Motoring Offences 7 
			  Handling 5 
			  Other Burglary 5 
			  Domestic Burglary 4 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 74 
			  Public Order or Riot 22 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 21 
			  Violence-non serious 15 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 6 
			  Fraud and Forgery 5 
			  Other Burglary 4 
			  Other Motoring Offences 4 
			  Handling 3 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 37 
			  Violence-non serious 16 
			  Public Order or Riot 12 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 6 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 6 
			  Other Motoring Offences 4 
			  Drink Driving Offences 3 
			  Handling 1 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 1 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 24 
			  Fraud and Forgery 12 
			  Public Order or Riot 12 
			  Violence-non serious 5 
			  Other Motoring Offences 2 
			  Robbery 1 
			  Handling 1 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 1 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 1 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 11 
			  Public Order or Riot 8 
			  Violence-non serious 4 
		
	
	
		
			  Fraud and Forgery 2 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			    
			 50+ Theft 9 
			  Public Order or Riot 5 
			  Other Motoring Offences 2 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 1 
			  Violence-non serious 1 
		
	
	
		
			  2009 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Theft 50 
			  Public Order or Riot 43 
			  Violence-non serious 26 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 11 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 6 
			  Fraud and Forgery 5 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			    
			 21 to 24 Theft 115 
			  Public Order or Riot 55 
			  Violence-non serious 39 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 25 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 8 
			  Fraud and Forgery 6 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 6 
			  Other Burglary 2 
			  Handling 2 
			  Other Motoring Offences 2 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 203 
			  Violence-non serious 22 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 22 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 18 
			  Public Order or Riot 18 
			  Fraud and Forgery 5 
			  Domestic Burglary 5 
			  Handling 4 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 3 
			  Other Motoring Offences 2 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 73 
			  Public Order or Riot 41 
			  Violence-non serious 21 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 18 
			  Other Motoring Offences 8 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 5 
			  Drink Driving Offences 5 
			  Handling 2 
			  Fraud and Forgery 2 
		
	
	
		
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 34 
			  Violence-non serious 14 
			  Public Order or Riot 12 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 8 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 4 
			  Fraud and Forgery 2 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			  Theft from Vehicles 2 
			  Other Burglary 1 
			  Handling 1 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 39 
			  Public Order or Riot 14 
			  Fraud and Forgery 6 
			  Other Motoring Offences 6 
			  Violence-non serious 5 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 3 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 3 
			  Handling 2 
			  Taking and Driving Away and Related Offences 1 
			  Theft from Vehicles 1 
			  Domestic Burglary 1 
			    
			 45 to 49 Public Order or Riot 9 
			  Theft 9 
			  Violence-non serious 4 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 2 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 1 
			    
			 50+ Theft 14 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			  Public Order or Riot 1 
			  Other Motoring Offences 1 
			  Domestic Burglary 1 
		
	
	
		
			  2010 
			 Age band Offence Number of offences 
			 18 to 20 Theft 71 
			  Public Order or Riot 57 
			  Violence-non serious 36 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 16 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 8 
			  Fraud and Forgery 5 
			  Handling 3 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 2 
			  Robbery 2 
			  Domestic Burglary 1 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 1 
		
	
	
		
			 21 to 24 Theft 119 
			  Public Order or Riot 70 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 22 
			  Violence-non serious 17 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 9 
			  Fraud and Forgery 8 
			  Drugs (Import/Export/Production/Supply) 5 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 3 
			  Domestic Burglary 2 
			  Other Burglary 2 
			    
			 25 to 29 Theft 190 
			  Violence-non serious 35 
			  Public Order or Riot 35 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 27 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 16 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 8 
			  Other Burglary 3 
			  Fraud and Forgery 3 
			  Drink Driving Offences 2 
			  Handling 2 
			  Theft from Vehicles 2 
			    
			 30 to 34 Theft 115 
			  Public Order or Riot 32 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 16 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 12 
			  Violence-non serious 10 
			  Other Motoring Offences 9 
			  Fraud and Forgery 4 
			  Other Burglary 4 
			  Drink Driving Offences 4 
			  Handling 2 
			    
			 35 to 39 Theft 64 
			  Violence-non serious 15 
			  Public Order or Riot 15 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 9 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 4 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 4 
			  Other Motoring Offences 2 
			  Drink Driving Offences 1 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
			    
			 40 to 44 Theft 41 
			  Violence-non serious 10 
			  Public Order or Riot 5 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 2 
			  Fraud and Forgery 1 
			  Drugs (Possession/Small Scale Supply) 1 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 1 
			    
			 45 to 49 Theft 21 
		
	
	
		
			  Public Order or Riot 12 
			  Violence-non serious 3 
			  Other Burglary 2 
			  Criminal or Malicious Damage 2 
			  Absconding or Bail Offences 1 
			    
			 50+ Violence-serious 1 
			  Other Motoring Offences 1 
			  Public Order or Riot 1 
			  Theft 1

Digital Technology

Helen Goodman: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office 
	(1)  what funding his Department has allocated to each of its initiatives to promote digital inclusion;
	(2)  what steps his Department is taking to promote digital inclusion.

Nick Hurd: holding answer 22 November 2012
	Led by the Government Digital Service (GDS) the Government takes a shared approach to promoting digital inclusion by working across all Departments. Martha Lane Fox has also been appointed as the UK’s Digital Champion to promote this agenda.
	GDS has been set up within the Cabinet Office to deliver world-class digital products that meet people's needs and offer better value for taxpayers' money and works with Government Departments and stakeholder organisations on the delivery of digital services.
	The Government Digital Strategy, published on 6 November 2012:
	www.publications.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/digital/strategy
	sets out how the Government will become digital by default and fulfils a commitment made in the Civil Service Reform Plan. Included within the strategy are plans for Assisted Digital services—enabling those who cannot ‘self-serve’ digitally to access government services.

Pay

Dominic Raab: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2012, Official Report, columns 252-3W, on pay, how many of the full-time equivalent staff listed in pay band SCS 1 of Table 5b on page 97 of the Cabinet Office's Annual Accounts for 2011/12 were paid salaries (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (b) in excess of £100,000 per year; and how many of the full-time equivalent staff listed in pay band SCS 2 of that table were paid salaries (i) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (ii) in excess of £100,000 per year.

Francis Maude: The salaries paid to staff in the SCS1 and SCS2 paybands in my Department, who were included in the figures for Table 5b on page 97 of the 2011-12 Annual Accounts, were as follows:
	
		
			  £80,000 to £100,000 p.a. More than £100,000 p.a. 
			 SCS1 20 4 
			 SCS2 33 16

Arts

Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether she has provided any guidance to local authorities for maintaining an arts and culture provision during difficult economic times.

Edward Vaizey: holding answer 26 November 2012
	Central Government's role is to empower local authorities to make the decisions that they feel are most appropriate for their area. Many local authorities recognise the social and economic contribution that culture makes to localities. Deregulating cultural services to a local level is essential, to enable them to deliver their objectives as locally determined.
	Both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England (ACE) holds discussions with the Local Government Association. ACE's collaboration with the Local Government Association aims to facilitate how local partners work with the Arts Council to collectively drive economic growth through greater collaboration between creative sectors.
	Furthermore, in September 2011, the Department for Communities and Local Government issued new Best Value guidance: a ‘fair deal’ which cuts back unnecessary red tape on local authorities, while introducing new requirements for councils to consult with local voluntary organisations on changes to funding and service. It also gives the voluntary sector the opportunity to offer options for reshaping and improving local authority services.

Arts

Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she plans to take to promote access to arts and culture in England.

Edward Vaizey: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) works to make sure the cultural sector has the framework to grow and have real impact on people's lives. We create the conditions for growth by removing barriers, providing strategic direction and supporting innovation and creativity.
	Arts Council England distributes Government funding in order to promote access to the arts. It funds nearly 700 National portfolio organisations across the country, and runs a number of programmes designed to increase access to the arts: for example, a £45 million strategic Touring programme, to help get high quality work to those parts of the country which depend on touring; and, a £37 million Creative People and Places fund set up to get more people taking part in the arts in parts of the country where participation is below the national average.
	The Heritage Lottery Fund is the largest dedicated funder of the UK's heritage, with around £375 million a year to invest in new projects that improve and widen access to heritage and culture. English Heritage has also been awarded Government funding of £2.7 million over three years to encourage the use of local heritage in delivering the curriculum.
	DCMS will be providing £1.29 billion sponsorship and grant funding for museums in the current spending period. The top five UK visitor attractions are all free DCMS-sponsored national museums and galleries.
	DCMS monitors the levels of participation in the arts and culture via its “Taking Part Survey”. 78.9% of adults in England engaged with the Arts in the last year.

Football

Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the expert group on addressing barriers to football supporter share ownership will hold its first meeting.

Hugh Robertson: The Government welcomed the focus of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's Inquiry into football governance on increasing the ability of supporter-owned clubs to raise funds and increasing the opportunity for supporters' trusts to achieve a share in their clubs. We are looking at the option of a working group to consider what regulatory issues are barriers for supporters to obtain or retain ownership interests in clubs. However, before we engage further, the Select Committee must conclude its deliberations and provide a formal response to these proposals.

Cash Dispensing

Simon Hart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent progress he has made on encouraging all major banks to allow customers with basic bank accounts to use their cards in other banks' cash machines.

Sajid Javid: The Government is committed to ensuring that individuals are able to access an appropriate range of financial products and services.
	However, decisions on the products and services offered by individual banks are a commercial matter for the institution concerned.

PAYE

Stephen Timms: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2012, Official Report, column 510W, on PAYE, what communications activities HM Revenue and Customs (a) has already deployed and (b) plans to deploy in the next five months to ensure that all companies are aware of their obligations under PAYE real-time information.

David Gauke: HMRC's communications plan, for PAYE real time information, is informed by customer insight research and best practice. This tells us the best time to inform small and medium employers about changes to their obligations is when it is time for them to act.
	HMRC's has written to more than 1.4 million employers since September 2012. HMRC also sent targeted e-mails and flyers to representative bodies, agents and software developers to issue to their members or publish on their websites. HMRC have also used alternative forms of media to reach a wider base of employers. This included advertising on Facebook, regular live Twitter Q&As, YouTube videos and road shows across the country.
	From December 2012 HMRC will:
	Write to intermediaries, software providers and professional organisations with material for them to use in their own communications to customers/members
	Send letters to approximately 1,000 very large employers with more than 5,000 individuals in a single PAYE scheme to confirm the date they will begin reporting PAYE in real time. Individual dates have been agreed with these largest employers
	Write again in February 2013, to around 1.4 million employers due to start reporting PAYE in real time in April 2013
	Launch a Digital Awareness campaign in February and March 2013
	Hold regular monthly Twitter Q&A
	Provide articles for the regional and trade press
	Provide articles for professional organisations
	Deliver presentations at a wide range of events across the country to a wide range of stakeholders
	Provide a wide range of support to our employer stakeholders which will be delivered by HMRC's Agent Awareness team, Business Education Support Team and, for larger employers, their HMRC Customer Relationship Manager.

Stamp Duties

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the likely increase in tax revenues received by the Exchequer due to his recent increase in stamp duty for sale of houses worth more than £2 million to seven per cent in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what estimate he has made of the likely increase in tax revenues received by the Exchequer due to his recent stamp duty increase for sale of houses worth more than £2 million on properties purchased through corporate vehicles in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.

Sajid Javid: The estimated increase in tax revenue generated by the 7% stamp duty land tax rate was published in Table 2.1 of the Budget document:
	http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/budget2012_chapter2.pdf
	The following table displays this estimated yield:
	
		
			  £ million 
			 2012-13 150 
			 2013-14 180 
			 2014-15 225 
		
	
	The stamp duty land tax rate on residential properties worth over £2 million and purchased by certain non-natural persons (including a corporate vehicle) was increased to 15% at Budget 2012. This was part of a package of interacting measures designed to. curb avoidance in the residential property market including; an annual charge on properties owned by non-natural persons (due to come in April 2013) and a change to capital gains tax. The revenue estimates of this package are also available in Table 2.1 of the Budget document.
	The following table displays the estimated yield of the entire package
	
		
			  £ million 
			 2012-13 (1)— 
			 2013-14 65 
			 2014-15 65 
			 (1 )Negligible.

Taxation: Plastic Bags

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely level of revenue to the Exchequer that would be generated if he introduced a five pence tax in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on each plastic bag sold; and if he will make a statement.

Sajid Javid: The Government keeps all options for tackling waste under review with any announcements on tax made at Budget. The Government continues to discuss with the retail sector the scale of carrier bag distribution and actions under way to reduce usage. Arrangements for compulsory charges on carrier bags in Scotland and Northern-Ireland, like in Wales, are a matter for the devolved administrations.

Taxation: Self-assessment

Catherine McKinnell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  what proportion of self-assessment forms were submitted online in 2011-12;
	(2)  what proportion of self-assessment forms were submitted in paper format in 2011-12.

David Gauke: The information requested is available only at a disproportionate cost.
	Of the 9.45 million 2010-11 Self Assessment Tax Returns filed on time by 31 January 2012 filing deadline 80% were filed online and 20% in a paper format.

Developing Countries: Food

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to promote the voluntary guidelines on the responsible tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security.

Alan Duncan: The UK Government welcomes the successful negotiation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (Voluntary Guidelines). As part of the G8 New Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition, earlier this year all G8 countries endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines. As a ‘soft law’ instrument their intention is to guide but not replace national policies, legislation and programmes and their implementation should be country-led.
	DFID bilateral programmes, which support developing country governments' efforts to improve land and property rights, address a number of principles included in the Guidelines. For example, in Mozambique, jointly with other donors, the UK is supporting the recognition of customary rights to land.

Developing Countries: Malaria

Jim Shannon: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made on the Malaria Aid Programme; and what funding from her Department will be used to combat malaria in developing countries.

Justine Greening: In December 2010 the UK Government published its Framework for Results on Malaria. The UK is committed to help halve malaria deaths in at least 10 of the worst affected countries by 2015. We have observed accelerated progress on malaria in a number of countries where DFID has bilateral programmes including Kenya, Burma, Rwanda and Ethiopia. The Framework for Results will undergo an independent mid-term review in late 2013 when progress will be comprehensively assessed.
	The UK is committed to spend up to £500 million on malaria each year until 2015. We are determined that funds achieve value for money and maximum results in terms of reducing malaria burden and mortality.

Bus Services

Ian Mearns: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Office of Fair Trading, (b) local transport authorities and (c) bus companies regarding partnership working on local bus services.

Jo Swinson: I have not had discussions with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), local transport authorities or bus companies regarding partnership working on local bus services.
	The Competition Commission spent two years looking at local bus markets across the UK, excluding London and Northern Ireland. Its report, published in December 2011, found that:
	Competition pushes up standards for passengers, but
	In many areas bus operators faced little or no competition.
	The Government believes it has identified suitable remedies to remove the barriers to competition it identified. However, this package of remedies is only one part of the Government's wider plans to improve bus services across local markets. The Government set out its plans in ‘Green Light for Better Buses’ published on 26 March 2012.
	I should also note that the Competition Markets Authority will take on the OFT's specific role, under the Transport Act 2000, in applying competition tests that apply when local transport authorities form schemes or make agreements with bus operators.

Research and Development Tax Credit

Ann McKechin: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent conversations (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with HM Treasury on the effect on the UK life sciences industry of above the line research and development tax credits.

David Willetts: The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), and his ministerial colleagues regularly meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a range of business issues.

Agricultural Wages Board

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board in Wales.

David Heath: holding answer 26 November 2012
	The Government will announce its decision on the recent consultation on the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales and the Agricultural Wages Committees and Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees in England once it has had the opportunity to consider the consultation responses.

Ash Dieback Disease

Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what dates officials from his Department met with officials of the Scottish Government to discuss Chalara fraxinea.

David Heath: Officials from the devolved Administrations participate in or receive the minutes of monthly meetings with the Food and Environment Research Agency, which represents DEFRA on plant health issues, and the Forestry Commission (FC). These meetings discuss a range of plant health risks including “Chalara” and actions taken in respect of those risks.
	Officials from the devolved Administrations join by telephone the UK progress meetings on the “Chalara” outbreak which currently take place three times per week. They also join by telephone the policy core group which currently meets weekly.
	The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs chaired cross-Government meetings on 2 and 9 November to which Ministers from the devolved Administrations were invited. A Minister from the Scottish Government joined the meeting while the other devolved Administrations were represented by senior officials.
	Officials from FC GB attended the Scottish “Chalara” summit on 13 November. This issue was also discussed at a meeting between DEFRA Ministers and Ministers/officials from the devolved Administrations on 19 November.

Common Agricultural Policy

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what specific role (a) Ministers and (b) officials of the devolved administrations will play in future negotiations on (a) reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and (b) the budget for the CAP.

David Heath: Ministers and senior officials meet regularly with counterparts in the devolved Administrations (DA) seeking their views on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in accordance with the Memoranda of Understanding. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the right hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson), and I recently met with devolved Ministers to discuss their views on the reform of the CAP. We agreed we need to ensure we receive the necessary flexibility within the current proposals so implementation can reflect the agronomic and ecological diversity of the different parts of the UK. At the Secretary of State's discretion devolved Ministers have been assured attendance at Agriculture Councils.
	International negotiations, including those on the reform of the CAP, are reserved matters and in such circumstances it is appropriate for the UK Minister to represent the UK as the member state, speaking to a single position. What gives us real strength in European negotiations is the fact that we discuss between ourselves what matters to all parts of the UK, and then speak coherently on our shared objectives.
	Although the EU Budget is not a devolved matter, devolved Ministers are kept informed of how the negotiations are progressing. It is important to recognise that Government has a responsibility to consider the UK's wider interests including those of the UK taxpayer.

Common Agricultural Policy

Margaret Ritchie: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress he has made on negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.

David Heath: holding answer 26 November 2012
	Negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013 are currently under way. The Government has been actively involved in the discussions at ministerial as well as official level and we have seen some progress, for example amendments to the active farmer test which should reduce implementation burdens.
	However, there is still a long way to go until the CAP regulations are simpler or deliver greater environmental benefits and public goods across the EU. As such we remain fully committed to ensuring that the UK negotiates with the European Commission, the European Parliament and other member states so that CAP helps to achieve an efficient and responsive agricultural sector in the EU and globally.

Dairy Products: Imports

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he plans to take to reduce imports of dairy products and to increase the UK's self-sufficiency in this area.

David Heath: The Government aims for a profitable, thriving, and competitive UK dairy sector that exploits domestic (particularly added value) and export markets to the benefit of all parts of the industry. The Government is taking steps to help; for example, by investing substantial funds into research for the sector, supporting dairy industry collaboration, and encouraging contractual best practice and improved relationships throughout the supply chain. However, the dairy industry itself has a significant responsibility for its own future and is far better placed than Government to lead change in many respects. Hence, for example, the Dairy Coalition of farming groups has committed to campaigning to promote British cheese and other dairy products to consumers and to retailers, both in the domestic market and abroad.

Farms

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farms have closed down in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Cumbria in each of the last five years; and what steps the Government is taking to support those farmers who are in financial difficulty.

David Heath: holding answer 13 November 2012
	It is not possible to determine how many farms have closed during the last five years. DEFRA measures the number of registered commercial farm holdings but the number of holdings in each farm business can change over time for administrative and other reasons. The area of land on agricultural holdings in England, the North West and Cumbria has however remained largely unchanged during the last five years.
	DEFRA's aim is to create the right conditions to enable farm businesses to be successful, productive and more resilient to difficult economic circumstances. We are for example seeking to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, fund scientific research into how food production can be increased sustainably and support farmers in increasing their competitiveness and develop their skills through the Rural Development programme for England.

Horses: Animal Welfare

Jim Fitzpatrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the report Left on the Verge, on horse welfare, published in October 2012 by the RSPCA, Redwings, World Horse Welfare, The Blue Cross, Horseworld and the British Horse Society; and if he will arrange to meet those organisations to discuss the report's findings.

David Heath: I have seen the report “Left on the Verge” and am aware of the problems that it highlights. DEFRA is in discussion with the authors of the report as well as other interested parties to resolve the issues.

Livestock: Exports

Stephen McCabe: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the export of live animals; and whether he plans to change current guidelines on the export of live animals.

David Heath: Whilst the Government would prefer a trade in meat and germ plasm to a trade in live animals, it cannot ban a legal trade. This has been demonstrated in the courts (both here and in Brussels) on a number of occasions during the 1990s. A key High Court judgment was that of Lord Justice Simon Brown in the 1995 joined cases of R v. Dover Harbour Board (ex parte Gilder). R v. Associated British Ports ex parte Plymouth City Council and the European Court of Justice case C - 1/96 R v. MAFF ex parte CIWF.
	The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), which is responsible for implementation of the EU rules on the protection of animals during transport (Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005), has 'taken a number of recent measures, including an increase in the inspection of animals and vehicles at the point of loading.

Natural Resources: Security

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will press for the inclusion of goals in relation to resource security in the successor to the millennium development goals after 2015.

Richard Benyon: Following the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in June, the Government is actively engaged in work to take forward the outcomes, including through the Prime Minister's co-chairmanship of the UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel on the post-2015 development framework, and the process on Sustainable Development Goals via the Open Working Group. We will be looking to ensure that this work integrates the three dimensions of sustainable development—environmental, social and economic— but discussions on the exact nature of the goals have not yet begun.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Gordon Henderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) received in Government grants in the years (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011; and how much the RSPB will receive in such grants in 2012.

Richard Benyon: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my noble Friend, Lord Henley to Baroness Byford on 6 June 2011, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA61, for details pertaining to payments made to the RSPB in the financial years 2009-10 and 2010-11, and to the reply by my right hon. Friend the Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Sir James Paice) to my right hon. Friend the Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames) on 3 September 2012, Official Report, column 124W, which included details of payments made to the RSPB in 2011-12.
	Core DEFRA plans to make payments to RSPB in 2012-13 totalling £871,936.60. This sum primarily relates to grants made under the Darwin Initiative, and a number of other research projects.

Energy

Tom Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the public are informed about (a) developments in the energy market and (b) levels of competition within that industry.

Gregory Barker: The Government provides an Energy Statement to Parliament each year to set out the developments in energy policy and to guide investment. We will be publishing the 2012 document shortly.
	Ofgem, as the independent regulator of the gas and electricity markets, published an assessment of competition in the retail energy market in its Retail Market Review. Ofgem's latest Retail Market Review documents were published on 26 October.
	http://www.ofgem.gov.uk/Markets/RetMkts/rmr/Pages/rmr.aspx

Energy: Conservation

Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 
	(1)  what steps he is taking in negotiations within the EU to protect the UK's current reduced rate of VAT for energy-saving materials;
	(2)  what assessment he has made of the effect of the European Commission's Reasoned Opinion on the UK's current reduced rate of VAT for energy saving materials on (a) the Green Deal and (b) the EU Energy Efficiency Directive;
	(3)  what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the Reasoned Opinion of the European Commission on the UK's reduced rate of VAT for energy saving materials.

Gregory Barker: HM Treasury Ministers have been leading on responses to communications from the European Commission on the UK's reduced rate of VAT on the installation of energy saving materials for the Government. This is an important issue for economic, environmental and social policy, driving reductions in costs for households, reducing emissions and stimulating economic growth. This is even more true in a time of recession.
	The Government disagrees with the European Commission's view that the current reduced rate of 5% VAT for the installation of energy saving materials is unlawful and will vigorously defend the relief if the European Commission refers the matter to the European Court of Justice. Current assessments suggest that the earliest a case might be heard in front of the European Court of Justice is 2014.

Energy: Conservation

Tracey Crouch: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received from the (a) energy efficiency sector and (b) construction sector on the European Commission's Reasoned Opinion on the UK's reduced rate of VAT for energy saving materials.

Gregory Barker: HM Treasury Ministers have been leading on responses to communications from the European Commission on the UK's reduced rate of VAT on the installation of energy saving materials for the Government.
	The Government has received a recent representative letter from a coalition of charities, NGOs, businesses and consumer groups to express their concern relating to the European Commission's Reasoned Opinion on the UK's reduced rate of VAT for energy saving materials.

Early Intervention Grant

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education 
	(1)  whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the planned transfer of the early intervention grant to the Department for Communities and Local Government;
	(2)  for what reason the Government proposes to transfer the early intervention grant to the Department for Communities and Local Government;
	(3)  which Minister in his Department is responsible for Sure Start and early intervention policy;
	(4)  whether his Department will retain policy responsibility for Sure Start and early intervention when the early intervention grant is transferred to the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Elizabeth Truss: The Department for Education will retain policy responsibility for Sure Start and early intervention. I am the Minister responsible for Sure Start policy. Early intervention is a cross-cutting policy area across a wide range of the Department's responsibility, and responsibility is shared between Ministers.
	From April 2013, the Government will be introducing a business rates retention scheme to put a strong financial incentive for economic growth at the heart of the local government funding system.
	The Government intends to roll in a number of currently separate grant funding streams, including the Early Intervention Grant, through the new Business Rates Retention Scheme. This will maximise the size of the local share, thereby increasing the financial incentive for local authorities to drive forward economic growth. It also provides greater local flexibility and freedom for local authorities to make decisions and manage budgets efficiently.
	The Department for Communities and Local Government published in July an equalities impact assessment alongside their technical consultation on the Business Rates Retention Scheme.
	The impact of rolling in these grants will be further to simplify and decentralise funding. Councils will be incentivised to support additional business growth through increased economic activity, which local communities will benefit from. This will mean that councils will be encouraged to foster good relationships with all businesses in their community.
	The impact assessment is available at:
	http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/businessratesequality

Extended Schools

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department has taken to encourage schools to (a) provide and (b) host (i) breakfast clubs, (ii) after school clubs and (iii) holiday activities since the end of his Department's funding for wraparound childcare.

Elizabeth Truss: The Government wants schools to decide which extended services to offer based on the contribution they are making to improving pupil outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. The funding for extended services was mainstreamed into the Dedicated Schools Grant from April 2011 following the spending review.
	The Childcare Commission is looking at how to improve the accessibility of child care for working families. This will include child care for the over-fives, particularly the wrap-around child care that many families need before school, after school and in the holidays. The intention is to identify ways to enable parents and other volunteers to set up the schemes they want in their area; and to promote partnerships between schools and voluntary and private providers. The Commission will report later in the autumn.

Home Education: Government Assistance

Christopher Pincher: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to support parents who wish to home-teach their children.

Elizabeth Truss: The Government respects the right of parents to educate their children at home. Parents who home educate their children have always taken on the full responsibility for their education. Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that provision set out in statements for children with special educational needs is met, including for those who are home educated. Local authorities also have wider duties towards children in their area who have special educational needs, and can support home educators in providing for such children. From 2013-14, parents of home educated young people wishing to send their child to a further education college will be able to register directly with the college without needing to seek the agreement of the local authority.

Pay

Dominic Raab: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many employees in his Department are paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000.

Elizabeth Truss: holding answer 20 November 2012
	The number of staff employed in the Department, paid in excess of £80,000 and £100,000 respectively, are set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Number 
			 Number of DFE staff earning £100,000 and over 19 
			 Number of staff earning between £80,000 and £100,000 70